“Don't you bully me with your politeness! Love is hard to believe, ask any lover.”

—  Yann Martel, book Life of Pi

Source: Life of Pi (2001), Chapter 99, p. 330
Context: Don't you bully me with your politeness! 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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