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“Things didn't turn out the way they were supposed to, but what can you do? You must take life the way it comes at you and make the best of it.”

Yann Martel book Life of Pi

Variant: Things didn't turn out the way they're supposed to, but what can you do? You must take life the way it comes at you and make the best of it.
Source: Life of Pi

“My gratitude to him is as boundless as the Pacific ocean.”

Yann Martel book Life of Pi

Source: Life of Pi

“I must say a word about fear. It is life's only true opponent. Only fear can defeat life.”

Yann Martel book Life of Pi

Source: Life of Pi (2001), Chapter 56, p. 178

“Faith in God is an opening up, a letting go, a deep trust, a free act of love.”

Yann Martel book Life of Pi

Variant: Faith in God is an opening up, a letting go, a deep trust, a free act of love - but sometimes it was so hard to love.
Source: Life of Pi

“First wonder goes deepest; wonder after that fits in the impression made by the first.”

Yann Martel book Life of Pi

Source: Life of Pi

“I explore it now in the only place left for it, my memory.”

Yann Martel book Life of Pi

Source: Life of Pi

“know what you want. You want a story that won’t surprise you. That will confirm what you already know. That won’t make you see higher or further or differently.”

Yann Martel book Life of Pi

Source: Life of Pi

“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.”

Yann Martel book Life of Pi

Source: Life of Pi (2001), Chapter 73, p. 230

“Gloom is but a shadow of a cloud passing by”

Yann Martel book Life of Pi

Source: Life of Pi

“It's amazing how willpower can build walls.”

Yann Martel

“.. the most dangerous animal in a zoo is Man.”

Yann Martel book Life of Pi

Variant: We commonly say in the trade that the most dangerous animal in a zoo is Man.
Source: Life of Pi

“Stories--individual stories, family stories, national stories--are what stitch together the disparate elements of human existence into a coherent whole. We are story animals.”

Yann Martel book Beatrice and Virgil

Source: Beatrice and Virgil

“It was as unbelievable as the moon catching fire.”

Yann Martel book Life of Pi

Source: Life of Pi

“Don’t worry about being good…. Aspire to be authentic.”

Yann Martel book Beatrice and Virgil

Source: Beatrice and Virgil

“It's important in life to conclude things properly. Only then can you let go. Otherwise you are left with words you should have said but never did, and your heart is heavy with remorse." Page 316”

Yann Martel book Life of Pi

Variant: It’s important in life to conclude things properly. Only then can you let go. Otherwise you are left with words you should have said but never did, and your heart is heavy with remorse.
Source: Life of Pi

“A house is a compressed territory where our basic needs can be fulfilled close by and safely.”

Yann Martel book Life of Pi

Source: Life of Pi

“Slice a pear and you will find that its flesh is incandescent white. It glows with inner light. Those who carry a knife and a pear are never afraid of the dark.”

Yann Martel book Beatrice and Virgil

Source: Beatrice and Virgil