Yann Martel

I blinked deliberately, expecting my eyelids to act like lumberjacks. But the trees would not fall. ↗

— Yann Martel

#of #pi #life

He seems to be attracting religions the way a dog attracts fleas. ↗

— Yann Martel

#religion

If we citizens do not support our artists, then we sacrifice our imagination on the alter of crude reality, and we end up believing in nothing and having worthless dreams. ↗

— Yann Martel

#art

Only death consistently excites your emotions, whether contemplating when life is safe and stale, or fleeing it when life is threatened and precious ↗

— Yann Martel

#emotions #death

For evil in the open is but evil from within that has been let out. The main battlefield for good is not the open ground of the public arena but the small clearing of each heart. ↗

— Yann Martel

#good #heart #life

أتحدى أن يفهم أي كان روحانيات الإسلام ، ولا يحبه . إنه دين رائع قائم على الأخوة والتفاني ↗

— Yann Martel

#life-lessons #religion #life

Strach to jedyny prawdziwy przeciwnik życia. ↗

— Yann Martel

#life

There are animals we haven't stopped by. Don't think they're harmless. Life will defend itself no matter how small it is. ↗

— Yann Martel

#fight #life

Of hunger and thirst, thirst is the greater imperative. ↗

— Yann Martel

#life

But I want to pray to Allah. I want to be a Christian. ↗

— Yann Martel

#christianity #life-of-pi #religion #life