A great literary work can be completely, completely unpredictable. Whi…

Yann Martel
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A great literary work can be completely, completely unpredictable. Which can sometimes make them very hard to read, but it gives them a great originality.
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As for hearing, the sloth is not so much deaf as uninterested in sound. ✨ Yann Martel, Canongate Books (2007). Life of Pi (Illustrated): Deluxe Illustrated Edition, p.20, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Don’t you bully me with your politeness! ✨ Yann Martel (2012). Life Of Pi, Illustrated, p.424, Canongate Books
I have nothing to say of my working life, only that a tie is a noose, and inverted though it is, it will hang a man nonetheless if he's not careful. ✨ Yann Martel, Canongate Books (2007). Life of Pi … ▶
I ask you, is it the fig tree's fault that it's not the season for figs? What kind of thing is that to do to an innocent tree, wither it instantly? ✨ Yann Martel (2012). Life Of Pi, Illustrated, p.90 … ▶
If Christ spent an anguished night in prayer, if He burst out from the Cross, My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? then surely we are also permitted doubt. But we must move on. To choose doubt a … ▶

A great literary work can be completely, completely unpredictable. Which can sometimes make them very hard to read, but it gives them a great originality.

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