Yann Martel

The reason death sticks so closely to life isn't biological necessity- its envy. Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. ↗

— Yann Martel

#inspirational #science #beauty

I think art comes from some sense of discomfort with the world, some sense of not quite fitting with it. ↗

— Yann Martel

#comes #discomfort #fitting #i #i think

All living things contain a measure of madness that moves them in a strange, sometimes inexplicable ways. ↗

— Yann Martel

#living-things #madness #life

I must say a word about fear. It is life's only true opponent. ↗

— Yann Martel

#life-and-living #life

Kau mungkin tidak percaya pada kehidupan, tapi aku tidak percaya pada kematian. ↗

— Yann Martel

#kehidupan #kematian #mati #percaya #life

It seems to be a law of human nature that those who live by the sea are suspicious of swimmers, just as those who live in the mountains are suspicious of mountain climbers. ↗

— Yann Martel

#humans #people #life

…nature as a whole was an exceptionally fine illustration of science. ↗

— Yann Martel

#science #life

Why can we throw a question further than we can pull in an answer? ↗

— Yann Martel

#faith

Very few castaways can claim to have survived so long at sea as Mr. Patel, and none in the company of an adult Bengal tiger. ↗

— Yann Martel

#faith

Just as music is noise that makes sense, a painting is color that makes sense, so a story is life that makes sense. ↗

— Yann Martel

#story #music