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1 Life of Pi Yann Martel Life of Pi is a fantasy adventure novel written by Canadian author Yann Martel. In the story, the protagonist Piscine "Pi" Molitor Patel, an Indian boy from Pondicherry, explores issues of religion, spirituality, and practicality from an early age. more..more..

2 “ Life of Pi Yann Martel:I know what you want. You want a story that won't surprise you. That will confirm what you already know. That won't make you see higher or further or differently. You want a flat story. An immobile story. You want dry, yeastless factuality. (p. 381) #Books - Reading#Books - Reading

3 “ Life of Pi Yann Martel:A person can get used to anything, even to killing. #Time and Time Management#Time and Time Management

4 “ Life of Pi Yann Martel: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. #Books - Reading#Books - Reading

5 “ Life of Pi Yann Martel:I did not count the days or the weeks or the months. Time is an illusion that only makes us pant. I survived because I forgot even the very notion of time. #Time and Time Management#Time and Time Management

6 “ Life of Pi Yann Martel:I must say a word about fear. It is life's only true opponent. Only fear can defeat life. #Fear#Fear

7 “ Life of Pi Yann Martel:My greatest wish - other than salvation - was to have a book. #Books - Reading#Books - Reading

8 “ Life of Pi Yann Martel:The lower you are, the higher your mind will want to soar. #Ambition#Ambition

9 “ Life of Pi Yann Martel:Thank you. And so it goes with God. #God #God

10 “ Life of Pi Yann Martel: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? #Love#Love

11 “ Life of Pi Yann Martel:My suffering had left me sad and gloomy. #Suffering#Suffering

12 “ Life of Pi Yann Martel:Evil in the open is but evil from within that has been let out. The main battlefield for good is not the open ground of the public arena but the small clearing of each heart. #Courage#Courage

13 “ Life of Pi Yann Martel:There were many seas. The sea roared like a tiger. The sea whispered in your ear like a friend telling you secrets. The sea clinked like small change in a pocket. The sea thundered like avalanches. The sea hissed like sandpaper working on wood. The sea sounded like someone vomiting. The sea was dead silent. #Responsibility#Responsibility

14 “ Life of Pi Yann Martel:If you stumble at mere believability, what are you living for? Isn't love hard to believe? #Love#Love

15 “ Life of Pi Yann Martel:The reason death sticks so closely to life isn't biological necessity — it's envy. Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is but the passing shadow of a cloud. #Love#Love

16 “ Life of Pi Yann Martel: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. #Dating#Dating

17 “ Life of Pi Yann Martel:"Bapu Gandhi said, 'All religions are true.' I just want to love God," I blurted out, and looked down, red in the face. #Churches#Churches

18 “ Life of Pi Yann Martel:Only death consistently excites your emotions, whether contemplating it when life is safe and stale, or fleeing it when life is threatened and precious #Death and Dying#Death and Dying

19 “ Life of Pi Yann Martel:A tie is a noose, and inverted though it is, it will hang a man nonetheless if he’s not careful. #Suicide#Suicide

20 “ Life of Pi Yann Martel:To choose doubt as a philosophy of life is akin to choosing immobility as a means of transportation. #Philosophers and Philosophy #Philosophers and Philosophy

21 “ Life of Pi Yann Martel:If you take two steps toward God, God runs toward you #God#God

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