Yann Martel Quotes - Page 6

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• Just beyond the ticket booth Father had painted on a wall in bright red letters the question: DO YOU KNOW WHICH IS THE MOST DANGEROUS ANIMAL IN THE ZOO? An arrow pointed to a small curtain. There were so many eager, curious hands that pulled at the curtain that we had to replace it regularly. Behind it was a mirror.

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  Zoos, Wall, Father

  Yann Martel, Canongate Books (2007). “Life of Pi (Illustrated): Deluxe Illustrated Edition”, p.45, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Sitting in an office for TOO long is not natural, perhaps, so that's why we should change it. I didn't say that out-and-out capitalism, which reduces humanity to dollar figures, is natural.

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  Long, Office, Humanity

  Interview, www.bookbrowse.com. October 2, 2002.

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• Life is an interpretation of a series of facts, and that interpretation is really what life is about. So the division between non-fiction and fiction has a certain logic, but it's a very limited one. And by and large, it isn't helpful.

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  Facts, Division, Fiction

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• Afterwards, when it's all over, you meet God. What do you say to God?

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  Over You

  Yann Martel (2010). “Beatrice and Virgil”, p.209, Canongate Books

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• It is a vast country, so that inspires you. It's also the greatest hotel on earth: It welcomes people from everywhere. It's a good country to write from because in many ways Canada is the world.

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  Country, Writing, People

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• There is nothing more satisfying than having a sentence fall into place in a way you feel is right, and then adding another one and then another one. It's extraordinarily satisfying.

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  Fall, Way, Feels

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• If you don't let technology help you, if you resist good ideas, you condemn yourself to dinosaurhood.

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  Technology, Ideas, Helping

  Yann Martel (2012). “Life Of Pi, Illustrated”, p.114, Canongate Books

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• How do you live with evil? Art is traditionally - certainly with my secular background - the answer, but art is very self-referential, whereas religion claims to go beyond the bounds of human existence.

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  Art, Self, Evil

  "Third time lucky" by Aida Edemariam, www.theguardian.com. October 22, 2002.

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• If you take two steps towards God,' he used to tell me, 'God runs to you!

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  Running, Two, Steps

  Yann Martel (2009). “Life of Pi”, p.67, Vintage Canada

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• I cannot think of a better way to spread the faith. No thundering from a pulpit, no condemnation from bad churches, no peer pressure, just a book of scripture quietly waiting to say hello, as gentle and powerful as a little girl's kiss on your cheek.

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  Girl, Powerful, Book

  Yann Martel, Canongate Books (2007). “Life of Pi (Illustrated): Deluxe Illustrated Edition”, p.217, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• We were, literally and figuratively, in the same boat.

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  Boat

  Yann Martel (2012). “Life Of Pi, Illustrated”, p.232, Canongate Books

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• Art is a gift: you create and then you give away. How readers receive that gift is their business. If they hate it, that’s their response to it. Others respond by liking it. Either way, that is their interaction with the book, which is no longer mine.

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  Art, Hate, Book

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• Christianity is a religion in a rush. Look at the world created in seven says. Even on a symbolic lovel, that's creation in frenzy.

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  World, Looks, Christianity

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• Atheists are my brothers and sisters of a different faith, and every word they speak speaks of faith. Like me, they go as far as the legs of reason will carry them -- and then they leap.

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  Brother, Atheist, Legs

  Yann Martel (2009). “Life of Pi”, p.31, Vintage Canada

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• There's no peace like the peace of an inner courtyard on a sunny day.

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  Peace, Sunny Day, Sunny

  Yann Martel (2009). “Life of Pi”, p.260, Vintage Canada

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• Repetition is important in the training not only of animals but also of humans.

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  Animal, Training, Important

  "Life of Pi". Book by Yann Marte, September 11, 2001.

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• Japanese-owned cargo ship Tsimtsum, flying Panamanian flag, sank July 2nd, 1977, in Pacific, four days out of Manila. Am in lifeboat. Pi Patel my name. Have some food, some water, but Bengal tiger a serious problem. Please advise family in Winnepeg, Canada. Any help very much appreciated. Thank you.

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  July, Names, Water

  Yann Martel (2015). “Life of Pi - CANCELED”, p.246, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Stories--individual stories, family stories, national stories--are what stitch together the disparate elements of human existence into a coherent whole. We are story animals.

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  Animal, Together, Stories

  Yann Martel (2010). “Beatrice and Virgil”, p.7, Canongate Books

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• Slice a pear and you will find that its flesh is incandescent white. It glows with inner light. Those who carry a knife and a pear are never afraid of the dark.

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  Dark, Light, Knives

  Yann Martel (2010). “Beatrice & Virgil”, p.50, Knopf Canada

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• Was it the forgetfulness of old age or personal incapacity that made the man able to say please but not thank you?

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  Men, Age, Able

  Yann Martel (2010). “Beatrice & Virgil”, p.91, Knopf Canada

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• It was as unbelievable as the moon catching fire.

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  Moon, Fire, Catching

  Yann Martel (2009). “Life of Pi”, p.114, Vintage Canada

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• It is pointless to say that this or that night was the worst of my life. I have so many bad nights to choose from that I've made none the champion.

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  Night, Champion, Made

  Yann Martel, Canongate Books (2007). “Life of Pi (Illustrated): Deluxe Illustrated Edition”, p.135, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• I have a story that will make you believe in God.

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  Believe, Stories, Believe In God

  Yann Martel, Canongate Books (2007). “Life of Pi (Illustrated): Deluxe Illustrated Edition”, p.11, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Books, like people, can't be reduced to the cost of the materials with which they were made. Books, like people, become unique and precious once you get to know them.

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  Book, Unique, People

  Yann Martel (2009). “What Is Stephen Harper Reading?: Yann Martel's Recommended Reading for a Prime Minister and Book Lovers of All Stripes”, p.152, Vintage Canada

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• I felt I was beating a rainbow to death

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  Rainbow, Felt

  Yann Martel (2009). “Life of Pi”, p.205, Vintage Canada

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