Life Of Pi Book Quotes

• To choose doubt as a philosophy of life is akin to choosing immobility as a means of transportation.

  Yann Martel

  Life, Philosophy, Mean

  Yann Martel (2012). “Life Of Pi, Illustrated”, p.51, Canongate Books

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• I must say a word about fear. It is life's only true opponent. Only fear can defeat life. It is a clever, treacherous adversary, how well I know. It has no decency, respects no law or convention, shows no mercy. It goes for your weakest spot, which it finds with unerring ease. It begins in your mind, always. One moment you are feeling calm, self-possessed, happy. Then fear, disguised in the garb of mild-mannered doubt, slips into your mind like a spy.

  Yann Martel

  Clever, Self, Law

  Yann Martel (2007). “Life of Pi (Illustrated): Deluxe Illustrated Edition”, p.170, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• You must take life the way it comes at you and make the best of it.

  Yann Martel

  Inspiring, Graduation, Cheer Up

  Marilyn Herbert, Yann Martel (2005). “Life of Pi”, p.27, Bookclub-in-a-Box

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• I suppose in the end, the whole of life becomes an act of letting go, but what always hurts the most is not taking a moment to say goodbye.

  Yann Martel

  Letting Go, Goodbye, Hurt

  "Life of Pi". www.imdb.com. 2012.

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• I was giving up. I would have given up - if a voice hadn't made itself heard in my heart. The voice said "I will not die. I refuse it. I will make it through this nightmare. I will beat the odds, as great as they are. I have survived so far, miraculously. Now I will turn miracle into routine. The amazing will be seen everyday. I will put in all the hard work necessary. Yes, so long as God is with me, I will not die. Amen.

  Yann Martel

  Giving Up, Hard Work, Heart

  Yann Martel, Canongate Books (2007). “Life of Pi (Illustrated): Deluxe Illustrated Edition”, p.158, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• 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.

  Yann Martel

  Months, Illusion, Week

  Yann Martel (2015). “Life of Pi - CANCELED”, p.201, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• 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

  Life, Believe, Love Is

  Yann Martel (2012). “Life Of Pi, Illustrated”, p.424, Canongate Books

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• Nature can put on a thrilling show. The stage is vast, the lighting is dramatic, the extras are innumerable, and the budget for special effects is absolutely unlimited.

  Yann Martel

  Special, Dramatic, Unlimited

  Yann Martel (2009). “Life of Pi”, p.113, Vintage Canada

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• I know zoos are no longer in people's good graces. Religion faces the same problem. Certain illusions about freedom plague them both.

  Yann Martel

  Zoos, People, Grace

  Yann Martel, Canongate Books (2007). “Life of Pi (Illustrated): Deluxe Illustrated Edition”, p.34, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• It's important in life to conclude things properly. Only then can you let go. Otherwise you are left with words you should have said but never did, and your heart is heavy with remorse.

  Yann Martel

  Letting Go, Heart, Should Have

  Yann Martel, Canongate Books (2007). “Life of Pi (Illustrated): Deluxe Illustrated Edition”, p.294, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• If you stumble at mere believability, what are you living for? Isn't love hard to believe?

  Yann Martel

  Believe, Belief, Believability

  Yann Martel (2012). “Life Of Pi, Illustrated”, p.424, Canongate Books

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• The reason death sticks so closely to life isn’t biological necessity – it’s envy.

  Yann Martel

  Envy, Sticks, Reason

  Yann Martel (2012). “Life Of Pi, Illustrated”, p.19, Canongate Books

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• It is life's only true opponent. Only fear can defeat life.

  Yann Martel

  Fear, Opponents, Defeat

  Yann Martel (2012). “Life Of Pi, Illustrated”, p.229, Canongate Books

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• It is true that those we meet can change us, sometimes so profoundly that we are not the same afterwards, even unto our names.

  Yann Martel

  Names, Sometimes

  Yann Martel (2012). “Life Of Pi, Illustrated”, p.39, Canongate Books

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• Religion is more than rite and ritual.

  Yann Martel

  Rite, Ritual

  Yann Martel (2012). “Life Of Pi, Illustrated”, p.79, Canongate Books

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• It's important in life to conclude things properly. Only then can you let go.

  Yann Martel

  Letting Go, Important, Importance

  Marilyn Herbert, Yann Martel (2005). “Life of Pi”, p.62, Bookclub-in-a-Box

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• I am a person who believes in form, in the harmony of order. Where we can, we must give things a meaningful shape.

  Yann Martel

  Meaningful, Believe, Order

  Marilyn Herbert, Yann Martel (2005). “Life of Pi”, p.62, Bookclub-in-a-Box

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• My greatest wish - other than salvation - was to have a book.

  Yann Martel

  Book, Wish, Salvation

  Yann Martel (2009). “Life of Pi”, p.230, Vintage Canada

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• 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.

  Yann Martel

  Stories, Dry, Want

  Yann Martel (2009). “Life of Pi”, p.336, Vintage Canada

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• Jesus, Mary, Muhammad and Vishnu, how good to see you Richard Parker!

  Yann Martel

  Jesus, Muhammad, Hinduism

  Yann Martel (2012). “Life Of Pi, Illustrated”, p.143, Canongate Books

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• Life on a lifeboat isn’t much of a life. It is like an end game in chess, a game with few pieces. The elements couldn’t be more simple, nor the stakes higher.

  Yann Martel

  Simple, Games, Elements

  Yann Martel (2012). “Life Of Pi, Illustrated”, p.312, Canongate Books

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• The world isn't just the way it is. It is how we understand it, no? And in understanding something, we bring something to it, no? Doesn't that make life a story?

  Yann Martel

  Life, Travel, Understanding

  Yann Martel (2012). “Life Of Pi, Illustrated”, p.428, Canongate Books

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• Why do people move? What makes them uproot and leave everything they've known for a great unknown beyond the horizon? ... The answer is the same the world over: people move in the hope of a better life.

  Yann Martel

  Moving, People, Horizon

  Yann Martel (2009). “Life of Pi”, p.86, Vintage Canada

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• The blackness would stir and eventually go away, and God would remain, a shining point of light in my heart. I would go on loving.

  Yann Martel

  Heart, Light, Shining

  Yann Martel, Canongate Books (2007). “Life of Pi (Illustrated): Deluxe Illustrated Edition”, p.218, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• To lose a brother is to lose someone with whom you can share the experience of growing old, who is supposed to bring you a sister-in-law and nieces and nephews, creatures who people the tree of your life and give it new branches. To lose your father is to lose the one whose guidance and help you seek, who supports you like a tree trunk supports its branches. To lose your mother, well, that is like losing the sun above you. It is like losing--I'm sorry, I would rather not go on.

  Yann Martel

  Mother, Brother, Sorry

  Yann Martel (2002). “Life Of Pi”, p.169, Canongate Books

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