"You can’t quantify human pain the way you can measure out sugar. Death comes one individual at a time."
― Yann Martel
Topic(s):
Death
More From Yann Martel
- "Reality is how we interpret it. Imagination and volition play a part in that interpretation. Which means that all reality is to some extent a fiction."
- "Every book I’ve written has been a different attempt to understand something, and the success or failure of the previous one is irrelevant. I write the book I want."
- "I find that movies tend to fix the aesthetics of a story in people’s minds."
More In Death
- "You know, I’ve never actually really believed that death is inevitable. I just think it’s a rumor."― David Carradine
- "Here’s a thing about the death of your mother, or anyone else you love: You can’t anticipate how you’ll feel afterward. People will tell you; a few may be close to right, none exactly right."― Mary Schmich
- "For death is no more than a turning of us over from time to eternity."― William Penn