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It was as unbelievable as the moon catching fire.

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Yann Martel
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: June 25
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Unbelievable
Moon
Fire
Catching

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The lower you are, the higher your mind will want to soar.
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Christianity stretches back through the ages, but in essence it exists only at one time: right now.
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I explore it now in the only place left for it, my memory.
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Music is a bird's answer to the noise and heaviness of words. It puts the mind in a state of exhilarated speechlessness.
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Why make dirty what is beautiful, spoil what is perfect? Love.
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Everything was screaming: the sea, the wind, my heart.
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