“If you stumble about believability, what are you living for? 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?”

—  Yann Martel , book Life of Pi

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Canadian author best known for the book Life of Pi 1963

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