6 Yann Martell Quotes on Life

Yann Martell quotes on life

7. To choose doubt as a philosophy of life is akin to choosing immobility as a means of transportation.

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11. I must say a word about fear. It is life's only true opponent. Only fear can defeat life. p. 161

17. Don't you bully me with your politeness! Love is hard to believe, ask any lover. Life is hard to believe, ask any scientist. God is hard to believe, ask any believer. What is your problem with hard to believe? p. 297

19. If you stumble at mere believability, what are you living for? Isn't love hard to believe? pg. 297

23. Only death consistently excites your emotions, whether comtemplating it when life is safe and stale, or fleeing it when life is threatened and precious

25. The reason death sticks so closely to life isn't biological necessity - it's envy. Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is but the passing shadow of a cloud.