“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?”
— Yann Martel“Life is a peephole, a single tiny entry onto a vastness--how can I not dwell on this brief, cramped view of things? This peephole is all I've got!”
— Yann Martel“..the most dangerous animal in a zoo is Man.”
— Yann Martel“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.”
— Yann Martel“Faith in God is an opening up, a letting go, a deep trust, a free act of love - but sometimes it was so hard to love.”
— Yann Martel“Afterwards, when it's all over, you meet God. What do you say to God?”
— Yann Martel