“When your own life is threatened, your sense of empathy is blunted by a terrible, selfish hunger for survival.”
― Life of Pi
― Life of Pi
“I suppose in the end, the whole of life becomes an act of letting go, but what always hurts the most is not taking a moment to say goodbye.”
― Life of Pi
― Life of Pi
“you can't get away from yourself by moving from one place to another.”
― The Sun Also Rises
― The Sun Also Rises
“I did not count the days or the weeks or the months. Time is an illusion that only makes us pant. I survived because I forgot even the very notion of time.”
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“Repetition is important in the training not only of animals but also of humans." Yann Martel in Life of Pi, Page 25”
― Life of Pi
― Life of Pi
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