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“What his uncle does not understand is that in walking backwards, his back to the world, his back to God, he is not grieving. He is objecting. Because when everything cherished by you in life has been taken away, what else is there to do but object?”
― Yann Martel, The High Mountains of Portugal

“That's the nature of grief: It's a creature with many arms but few legs, and it staggers about, searching for support.”
― Yann Martel, The High Mountains of Portugal

“Because to suffer and do nothing is to be nothing, while to suffer and do something is to become someone.”
― Yann Martel, The High Mountains of Portugal

“Loneliness comes up to him like a sniffing dog. It circles him insistently. He waves it away, but it refuses to leave him alone.”
― Yann Martel, The High Mountains of Portugal