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Gloom is but a shadow of a cloud passing by

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Yann Martel
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: June 25
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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 feelings can perhaps be imagined, but they can hardly be described.
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We are all born like Catholics, aren't we—in limbo, without religion, until some figure introduces us to God?
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The tennis challenger starts strong but soon loses confidence in his playing. The champion racks up the games. But in the final set, when the challenger has nothing left to lose, he becomes relaxed again, insouciant, daring. Suddenly he's playing like the devil and the champion must work hard to get those last points.
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Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is but the passing shadow of a cloud.
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Jesus, Mary, Muhammad and Vishnu, how good to see you Richard Parker!
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We believe what we see.’...What do you do when you’re in the dark?
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