Death Quote by Yann Martel — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“..the most dangerous animal in a zoo is Man.”

“The reason death sticks so closely to life isn’t biological necessity – it’s envy.”

“Just beyond the ticket booth Father had painted on a wall in bright red letters the question: DO YOU KNOW WHICH IS THE MOST DANGEROUS ANIMAL IN THE ZOO? An arrow pointed to a small curtain. There were so many eager, curious hands that pulled at the curtain that we had to replace it regularly. Behind it was a mirror.”

“Only death consistently excites your emotions, whether contemplating when life is safe and stale, or fleeing it when life is threatened and precious”

“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 story, the story with animals or the story without animals?' Mr. Okamoto: 'That's an interesting question?' Mr. Chiba: 'The story with animals.' Mr. Okamoto: 'Yes. The story with animals is the better story.' Pi Patel: 'Thank you. And so it goes with God.”

“What man”

“I want to look at you as you kill me.”

“Charitably... I think... sometimes, perhaps, one must change or die. And, in the end, there were, perhaps, limits to how much he could let himself change.”

“...Opal is dead, and I don't see how a healer can change that! It's not something to joke about.”

“Closure is just as delusive-it is the false hope that we can deaden our living grief.”

“Healthy children will not fear life if their elders have integrity enough not to fear death.”