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The lower you are, the higher your mind will want to soar. It was natural that, bereft and desperate as I was, in the throes of unremitting suffering. I should turn to God

Yann Martel

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Yann Martel
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: June 25
Author
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Screenwriter
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Suffering
Unremitting
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Throes
Natural
Bereft
Mind
Soar
Lower
Desperate
Higher
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