That's what fiction is about, isn't it, the selective transforming of …

Yann Martel
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That's what fiction is about, isn't it, the selective transforming of reality? The twisting of it to bring out its essence? ✨ Yann Martel (2012). Life Of Pi, Illustrated, p.8, Canongate Books
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Misery loves company, and madness calls it forth. ✨ Yann Martel (2009). Life of Pi, p.269, Vintage Canada
I have a fierce will to live. Others fight a little, then lose hope. Still others - and I am one of those - never give up. We fight and fight and fight. We fight no matter the cost of battle, the los … ▶
To choose doubt as a philosophy of life is akin to choosing immobility as a means of transportation. ✨ Yann Martel (2012). Life Of Pi, Illustrated, p.51, Canongate Books
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Just as music is noise that makes sense, a painting is colour that makes sense, so a story is life that makes sense. ✨ Yann Martel (2010). Beatrice and Virgil, p.15, Canongate Books

That's what fiction is about, isn't it, the selective transforming of reality? The twisting of it to bring out its essence? ✨ Yann Martel (2012). Life Of Pi, Illustrated, p.8, Canongate Books

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