Sometimes I got my majors mixed up. A number of my fellow religious-st…

Yann Martel
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Sometimes I got my majors mixed up. A number of my fellow religious-studies students - muddled agnostics who didn't know which way was up, who were in the thrall of reason, that fool's gold for the bright - reminded me of the three-toed sloth; and the three-toed sloth, such a beautiful example of the miracle of life, reminded me of God. ✨ Yann Martel (2009). Life of Pi, p.5, Vintage Canada
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