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The reason death sticks so closely to life isn’t biological necessity – it’s envy.

Yann Martel

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Yann Martel
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: June 25
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My greatest wish - other than salvation - was to have a book.
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I spent more hours than I can count a quiet witness to the highly mannered, manifold expressions of life that grace our planet. It is something so bright, loud, weird and delicate as to stupefy the senses.
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