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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
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Natural
Bereft
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Soar
Lower
Desperate
Higher
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Suffering
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For evil in the open is but evil from within that has been let out.
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We believe what we see.’...What do you do when you’re in the dark?
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I ask you, is it the fig tree's fault that it's not the season for figs? What kind of thing is that to do to an innocent tree, wither it instantly?
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I go to mass every Sunday, but love going to mosques too. Muslims pray in a beautiful way.
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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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