Life of Pi

by Yann Martel

How true it is that necessity is the mother of invention, how very true.

I must say a word about fear. It is life’s only true opponent. Only fear can defeat life.

Time is an illusion that only makes us pant. I survived because I forgot even the very notion of time.

It’s important in life to conclude things properly. Only then can you let go. Otherwise you are left with words you should have said but never did, and your heart is heavy with remorse.

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?”

“The world isn’t just the way it is. It is how we understand it, no? And in understanding something, we bring something to it, no? Doesn’t that make life a story?”

You want a story that won’t surprise you. That will confirm what you already know.