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Yann Martel
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: June 25
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I can't live for more than four years outside of Canada. I'm Canadian, so ultimately that is my reference point.
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Sitting in an office for TOO long is not natural, perhaps, so that's why we should change it. I didn't say that out-and-out capitalism, which reduces humanity to dollar figures, is natural.
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...animals don't escape from somewhere but from something
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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
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Everything was screaming: the sea, the wind, my heart.
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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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To me, the research is a way of exploring what it means to be alive.
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My greatest wish - other than salvation - was to have a book.
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A work of art works because it is true, not because it is real.
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I did not count the days or the weeks or the months. Time is an illusion that only makes us pant. I survived because I forgot even the very notion of time.
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I think art comes from some sense of discomfort with the world, some sense of not quite fitting with it.
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It was as unbelievable as the moon catching fire.
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I wept like a child. It was not because I was overcome at having survived my ordeal, though I was. Nor was it the presence of my brothers and sisters, though that too was very moving. I was weeping because ....fill in the blank with whatever/whoever helped you survive... had left me so unceremoniously.
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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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I cannot think of a better way to spread the faith. No thundering from a pulpit, no condemnation from bad churches, no peer pressure, just a book of scripture quietly waiting to say hello, as gentle and powerful as a little girl's kiss on your cheek.
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The reason death sticks so closely to life isn’t biological necessity – it’s envy.
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It is simple and brutal: a person can get used to anything, even to killing.
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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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Repetition is important in the training not only of animals but also of humans.
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Nature can put on a thrilling show. The stage is vast, the lighting is dramatic, the extras are innumerable, and the budget for special effects is absolutely unlimited.
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