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Books are something social - a writer speaking to a reader - so I think making the reading of a book the center of a social event, the meeting of a book club, is a brilliant idea.

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Yann Martel
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: June 25
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I love Canada. Its a wonderful political act of faith that exists atop a breathtakingly beautiful land.
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First wonder goes deepest wonder after that fits in the impression made by the first.
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Afterwards, when it's all over, you meet God. What do you say to God?
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Religion? Mr Kumar grinned broadly. I don't believe in religion. Religion is darkness.
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...if you fall into a lion's pit, the reason the lion will tear you to pieces is not because it's hungry-be assured, zoo animals are amply fed-or because it's bloodthirsty, but because you've invaded it's territory.
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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.
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It is true that those we meet can change us, sometimes so profoundly that we are not the same afterwards, even unto our names.
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All living things contain a measure of madness that moves them in strange, sometimes inexplicable ways. This madness can be saving it is part and parcel of the ability to adapt. Without it, no species would survive.
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You bring joy and pain in equal measure. Joy because you are with me, but pain because it wont be for long.
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I felt I was beating a rainbow to death
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If you stumble about believability, what are you living for? Love is hard to believe, ask any lover. Life is hard to believe, ask any scientist. God is hard to believe, ask any believer. What is your problem with hard to believe?
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Reality is how we interpret it. Imagination and volition play a part in that interpretation. Which means that all reality is to some extent a fiction.
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It's important in life to conclude things properly. Only then can you let go.
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When you've suffered a great deal in life, each additional pain is both unbearable and trifling.
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He's a shy man. Life has taught him not to show off what is most precious to him.
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My zoology thesis was a functional analysis of the thyroid gland of the three-toed sloth. I chose the sloth because its demeanour - calm, quiet and introspective - did something to soothe my shattered self.
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My greatest wish — other than salvation — was to have a book. A long book with a never-ending story. One I could read again and again, with new eyes and a fresh understanding each time.
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