Blessed be shock. Blessed be the part of us that protects us from too much pain and sorrow. At the heart of life is a fusebox.
("Life of Pi")
More Quotes from Yann Martel:
My ears were full. Nothing more, not one more sound, could push into them and be registered.Yann Martel
Scientists are a friendly, atheistic, hard-working, beer-drinking lot whose minds are preoccupied with sex, chess and baseball when they are not preoccupied with science.
Yann Martel
It is life's only true opponent. Only fear can defeat life.
Yann Martel
The paths to liberation are numerous, but the bank along the way is always the same, the Bank of Karma, where the liberation account of each of us is credited or debited depending on our actions.
Yann Martel
Misery loves company, and madness calls it forth.
Yann Martel
My gratitude to him is as boundless as the Pacific ocean.
Yann Martel
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
Based on Topics: Life Quotes, Sadness QuotesBased on Keywords: fusebox
Human dignity is better served by embracing knowledge.
John Charles Polanyi
Of course I get drunk, my brain is only the size of a walnut.
Mark McKinney
I have never had a social life, don't ever want one because it's boring. I'm just not very good with people, and you meet people every night who expect you to be this rock star with these developed social skills, which I don't have.
Daniel Johns