Scientists are a friendly, atheistic, hard-working, beer-drinking lot whose minds are preoccupied with sex, chess and baseball when they are not preoccupied with science.
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, a… - Yann Martel
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, a…
- Yann Martel
I think art comes from some sense of discomfort with the world, some sense of not quite fitting with it. - Yann Martel
I think art comes from some sense of discomfort with the world, some sense of not quite fitting with it.
Reality is how we interpret it. Imagination and volition play a part in that interpretation. Which means that all reality is to some extent a fiction. - Yann Martel
Reality is how we interpret it. Imagination and volition play a part in that interpretation. Which means that all reality is to some extent a fiction.
To choose doubt as a philosophy of life is akin to choosing immobility as a means of transportation. - Yann Martel
To choose doubt as a philosophy of life is akin to choosing immobility as a means of transportation.
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
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.
Fiction and nonfiction are not so easily divided. Fiction may not be real, but it's true; it goes beyond the garland of facts to get to emotional and… - Yann Martel
Fiction and nonfiction are not so easily divided. Fiction may not be real, but it's true; it goes beyond the garland of facts to get to emotional and…
Survival starts by paying attention to what is close at hand and immediate. To look out with idle hope is tantamount to dreaming one's life away. - Yann Martel
Survival starts by paying attention to what is close at hand and immediate. To look out with idle hope is tantamount to dreaming one's life away.
Don’t worry about being good…. Aspire to be authentic. - Yann Martel
Don’t worry about being good…. Aspire to be authentic.
I can only tell my story, what you believe is up to you. - Yann Martel
I can only tell my story, what you believe is up to you.
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