“An apple resists being eaten. An apple is not eaten, it is conquered. The crunchiness of a pear is far more appealing. It is giving and fragile. To eat a pear is akin to … kissing.”

—  Yann Martel

Source: Beatrice & Virgil (2010), p. 50

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Canadian author best known for the book Life of Pi 1963

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