“The reason death sticks so closely to life isn't biological necessity; it's envy. Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can.”
Source: Life of Pi
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Yann Martel108
Canadian author best known for the book Life of Pi 1963Related quotes
Yann Martel book Life of Pi
Source: Life of Pi (2001), Chapter 1, p. 6
Context: The reason death sticks so closely to life isn't biological necessity — it's envy. Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is but the passing shadow of a cloud.
Avram Davidson book Masters of the Maze
Source: Masters of the Maze (1965), Chapter 4 (p. 57)
“Life is so beautiful that even the idea of death must be born before it can be realized.”
Machado de Assis book Dom Casmurro
A vida é tão bela que a mesma idéia da morte precisa de vir primeiro a ela, antes de se ver cumprida.
Source: Dom Casmurro (1899), Ch. 133, p. 255
“Life isn't fair,' Skulduggery said. 'In my experience, death isn't so different.”
Derek Landy (1974) Irish children's writer
Source: Death Bringer
