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You can get used to anything - haven't I already said that? Isn't that what all survivors say?
Yann Martel
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Yann Martel
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: June 25
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Oncoming death is terrible enough, but worse still is oncoming death with time to spare, time in which all the happiness that was yours and all the happiness that might have been yours becomes clear to you. You see with utter lucidity all that you are losing.
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Even when God seemed to have abandoned me, he was watching. Even when he seemed indifferent to my suffering, he was watching. And when I was beyond all hope of saving, he gave me rest. Then he gave me a sign to continue my journey.
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A work of art works because it is true, not because it is real.
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