life of pi

A house is a compressed territory where our basic needs can be fulfilled close by and safely.

— Yann Martel

Atheists are my brothers and sisters of a different faith, and every word they speak of faith. Like me, they go as far as the legs of reason will carry them -- and then they leap.

— Yann Martel

Love is hard to believe, ask any lover. Life is hard to believe, ask any scientist. God is hard to believe, ask any believer.

— Yann Martel

Mockery be damned, my urine looked delicious.

— Yann Martel

So tell me, since it makes no factual difference to you, and you can't prove the question either way, which story do you prefer? Which is the better story, the story with animals or the story without animals?' Mr. Nakamoto: 'That's an interesting question?' Mr. Chiba: 'The story with animals.' Mr. Nakamoto: 'Yes. The story with animals is the better story.' Pi Patel: 'Thank you. And so it goes with God.

— Yann Martel

Time and sunshine healed a sore, but the process was slow, and new boils appeared if I didn't stay dry.

— Yann Martel