"Atheists are my brothers and sisters of a different faith, and every word they speak speaks of faith. Like me, they go as far as the legs of reason wi...












Mockery be damned, my urine looked delicious.

More Yann Martel quotes
"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 st...
"A house is a compressed territory where our basic needs can be fulfilled close by and safely.
"Love is hard to believe, ask any lover. Life is hard to believe, ask any scientist. God is hard to believe, ask any believer.
"Come aboard if your destination is oblivion - it should be our next stop.
"All living things contain a measure of madness that moves them in strange, sometimes inexplicable ways. This madness can be saving; it is part and par...
"Survival starts by paying attention to what is close at hand and immediate. To look out with idle hope is tantamount to dreaming one's life away.
"I wept like a child. It was not because I was overcome at having survived my ordeal, though I was. Nor was it the presence of my brothers and sisters,...
"Time and sunshine healed a sore, but the process was slow, and new boils appeared if I didn't stay dry.