Life of Pi

"I came to understand that the world was my classroom."

"God is in the details and in the larger design."

"To stay alive, I had to not think too much."

"We are all storytellers at heart."

"In the face of death, I chose life."

"My loss became my greatest teacher."

"Every moment of time is precious."

"I could not get over my fear until I accepted it."

"Numbers alone do not interest me."

"The sea does not care about human suffering."

"I survived by wills and by will alone."

"Prayer is a sign of strength, not weakness."

"Lifeboat protocol requires ritual and discipline."

"I wanted to die. It was a natural sentiment in the face of death."

"Animals are as much part of this world as we are."

"You will read all you want about the great ocean, but you never truly know it until you are on it."

"The presence of God is the real experience."

"I have seen enough of the world to understand that humanity is not worth much."

"In the darkness, I had nothing to fear but the darkness itself."

"My existence is about storytelling, not facticity."

"The panic of being eaten alive is something no animal wants to experience."

"I learned that faith was like a bird—it was better kept in the hand than up in the bush."

"Everything you see in life is only the tip of the iceberg."

"I must say a word about fear. It is life's only true opponent."

"The worst pair of opposites is boredom and fear. Together, they paralyze."

"I discovered that I had a voice inside of me that I could trust."

"I spent the next days in a haze, neither eating nor drinking."

"Tell me, which story do you prefer?"

"My suffering left me sad and gloomy."

"It is the official religion of Mauritius, and it helped me understand suffering."