science can only take you so far and then you have to leap Yann Martel More Quotes by Yann Martel More Quotes From Yann Martel Jesus, Mary, Muhammad and Vishnu, how good to see you Richard Parker! Yann Martel muhammadhinduismjesus My alarm clock during my childhood was a pride of lions. Yann Martel alarmschildhoodpride If you don't let technology help you, if you resist good ideas, you condemn yourself to dinosaurhood. Yann Martel technologyhelpingideas Words are cold, muddy toads trying to understand sprites dancing in a field-but they're all we have. Yann Martel toadsdancingtrying To my mind, faith is like being in the sun. When you are in the sun, can you avoid creating a shadow? Can you shake that area of darkness that clings to you, always shaped like you, as if constantly to remind you of yourself? You can’t. This shadow is doubt. And it goes wherever you go as long as you stay in the sun. And who wouldn’t want to be in the sun? Yann Martel creatingdarknesslong He's a shy man. Life has taught him not to show off what is most precious to him. Yann Martel taughtshymen It was as unbelievable as the moon catching fire. Yann Martel catchingmoonfire When your own life is threatened, your sense of empathy is blunted by a terrible, selfish hunger for survival. Yann Martel empathyselfishsurvival Was it the forgetfulness of old age or personal incapacity that made the man able to say please but not thank you? Yann Martel ableagemen Hindus, in their capacity for love, are indeed hairless Christians, just as Muslims, in the way they see God in everything, are bearded Hindus, and Christians, in their devotion to God, are hat wearing Muslims. Yann Martel devotion-to-godchristianreligion 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. Yann Martel championmadenight The idea of a flip book still really appeals to me. That idea of fiction and non-fiction. Yann Martel bookfictionideas I have nothing to say of my working life, only that a tie is a noose, and inverted though it is, it will hang a man nonetheless if he's not careful. Yann Martel carefultiesmen I ask you, is it the fig tree's fault that it's not the season for figs? What kind of thing is that to do to an innocent tree, wither it instantly? Yann Martel faultskindtree My suffering left me sad and gloomy. Yann Martel gloomyleftsuffering 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 elementssimplegames In my youth, it was my good luck to have a few good teachers, men and women, who came into my head and lit a match. Yann Martel good-luckteachermen I can't live for more than four years outside of Canada. I'm Canadian, so ultimately that is my reference point. Yann Martel canadafouryears I turned around, stepped over the Zebra and threw myself overboard. Yann Martel overboardzebras Most of us get our history through story. Yann Martel stories
