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“It was Richard Parker who calmed me down. It is the irony of this story that the one who scared me witless to start with was the very same who brought me peace, purpose, I dare say even wholeness.”
— Yann Martel, book Life of Pi
Source: Life of Pi (2001), Chapter 57, p. 179
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