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Blessed be shock. Blessed be the part of us that protects us from too much pain and sorrow. At the heart of life is a fusebox.

Yann Martel

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Yann Martel
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: June 25
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Blessed
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I was not wounded in any part of my body, but I had never experienced such intense pain, such a ripping of the nerves, such an ache of the heart.
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I explore it now in the only place left for it, my memory.
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Religion is more than rite and ritual.
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...for everything has a trace of the divine in it.
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Life on a lifeboat isn't much of a life.
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I have a story that will make you believe in God.
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Repetition is important in the training not only of animals but also of humans.
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My alarm clock during my childhood was a pride of lions.
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I wept heartily over this poor little deceased soul. It was the first sentient being I had ever killed. I was now a killer. I was now as guilty as Cain. I was sixteen years old, a harmless boy, bookish and religious, and now I had blood on my hands. It's a terrible burden to carry. All sentient life is sacred.
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I thought they were helping me. I was so full of trust in them that I felt grateful as they carried me in the air. Only when they threw me overboard did I begin to have doubts.
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I cannot think of a better way to spread the faith. No thundering from a pulpit, no condemnation from bad churches, no peer pressure, just a book of scripture quietly waiting to say hello, as gentle and powerful as a little girl's kiss on your cheek.
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For the first time I noticed - as I would notice repeatedly during my ordeal, between one throe of agony and the next - that my suffering was taking place in a grand setting. I saw my suffering for what it was, finite and insignificant, and I was still. My suffering did not fit anywhere, I realized. And I could accept this. It was all right.
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But I want to pray to Allah. I want to be a Christian.
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In my youth, it was my good luck to have a few good teachers, men and women, who came into my head and lit a match.
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It is a vast country, so that inspires you. It's also the greatest hotel on earth: It welcomes people from everywhere. It's a good country to write from because in many ways Canada is the world.
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It was as unbelievable as the moon catching fire.
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Religion? Mr Kumar grinned broadly. I don't believe in religion. Religion is darkness.
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Misery loves company, and madness calls it forth.
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If you stumble at mere believability, what are you living for? Isn't love hard to believe?
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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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