Yann Martel Of Quotations

Life on a lifeboat isn't much of a life.

A work of art works because it is true, not because it is real.

If you stumble at mere believability, what are you living for? Isn't love hard to believe?

What a terrible thing it is to botch a farewell.

The presence of God is the finest of rewards.

Religion is more than rite and ritual.

It is true that those we meet can change us, sometimes so profoundly that we are not the same afterwards, even unto our names.