Life of Pi

"Grief is the price we pay for love."

"I learned to suppress my fear, to channel it."

"The worst cynicism is the one that whispers in your ear that you cannot change things."

"I fought hard to overcome my sorrow."

"Life on a lifeboat isn't much of a life."

"Religion is about profundity."

"The sea is no thief. It is we who take, it is we who are maimed."

"I am like a drop of water on the elephant's back."

"If you stumble about believability, what are you living for?"

"I am afraid I am a bad person, but I have to survive."

"Animals in the wild live a precarious life."

"The reason death sticks so closely to life isn't biological necessity—it's envy."

"Doubt is useful for a while. We must all pass through the garden of Gethsemane."

"I have nothing to say of my childhood except that it was unhappy."

"Time moves differently when you are alone with the sea."

"My father taught me respect for all living things."

"The hardest part was accepting my new reality."

"I learned that every creature has a purpose in life."

"Which story do you prefer?"

"Life is full of such conflicts between desire and ability."

"Spirituality was my greatest ally."

"I had to become an animal to survive with an animal."

"Animals do not have the capacity to understand death."

"The reason I survived is because I learned to live with uncertainty."

"I know stories from another time and place."

"My God is a god of details and of reason."

"The sea tested me every single day."

"Belief is a matter of the heart and the soul."

"It is important to say that I was not born in Pondicherry."

"Choice is a luxury when you are in dire straits."