Life of Pi

"I can kill and I can eat. So I am not starving."

"The smallest things take up the most room in your heart."

"Timing is everything in life."

"We are dying from overthinking. We are slowly killing ourselves with our minds."

"I used to pray every day. I still do, but not with the same vigor."

"The larger the tiger, the greater the loss when it is gone."

"If you stumble, make it part of the dance."

"Adventure is a sign of poor planning."

"I must say a word about my dear Anandi."

"The storm in my heart does not subside even as the sea becomes calm."

"Humans are capable of both magnificent achievement and terrible cruelty."

"Reasonable men adapt themselves to their world; unreasonable men adapt the world to themselves."

"There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story."

"I discovered that I had a strong desire to teach others, to share what I had learned."

"Animals cannot speak, so we assume they don't think or feel as deeply as we do."

"I suppose in the end my life is a story. The question is which story."

"Life is a story. You can choose your own ending."

"That's what fiction is about, isn't it—the selective transforming of reality."

"The sea is calm, like the beautiful still waters of a lake."

"I have come to the conclusion that Richard Parker is more of an idea."

"Survival can twist the mind of an otherwise virtuous person into compromising madness."

"Zoos are not failed attempts at wilderness. They are carefully recreated ecosystems."

"The mind creates a funny time."

"I am an observer of life, not a participant in it."

"Religion is about activity. It is standing up, walking, running towards God."

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

"Despair is the price one pays for every creature comfort."

"My life is nothing but a narrative. It says only what I wish it to say."

"I'll make you a bet. I bet you that I'm alive."

"It's important in life to conclude things properly. Only then can you let go."