If you stumble at mere believability, what are you living for? Isn't love hard to believe?
("Life of Pi")
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My life is like a memento mori painting from European art: there is always a grinning skull at my side to remind me of the folly of human ambition.Yann Martel
Life is a peephole, a single tiny entry onto a vastness--how can I not dwell on this brief, cramped view of things? This peephole is all I've got!
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My greatest wish -- other than salvation -- was to have a book. A long book with a never-ending story. One I could read again and again, with new eyes and a fresh understanding each time.
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That's what fiction is about, isn't it, the selective transforming of reality? The twisting of it to bring out its essence?
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High calls low and low calls high. I tell you, if you were in such dire straits as I was, you too would elevate your thoughts. The lower you are, the higher your mind will want to soar.
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You might think I lost all hope at that point. I did. And as a result I perked up and felt much better.
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