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It is life's only true opponent. Only fear can defeat life.

Yann Martel

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Yann Martel
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: June 25
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We commonly say in the trade that the most dangerous animal in a zoo is Man.
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Jesus, Mary, Muhammad and Vishnu, how good to see you Richard Parker!
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As for hearing, the sloth is not so much deaf as uninterested in sound.
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Despair was a heavy blackness that let no light in or out. It was a hell beyond expression. I thank God it always passed.
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My next book - each one while I'm working on it - dances in my mind and thrills me at every turn. If it didn't, why would I write it?
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The lower you are, the higher your mind will want to soar.
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