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For the first time I noticed - as I would notice repeatedly during my ordeal, between one throe of agony and the next - that my suffering was taking place in a grand setting. I saw my suffering for what it was, finite

For the first time I noticed - as I would notice repeatedly during my ordeal, between one throe of agony and the next - that my suffering was taking place in a grand setting. I saw my suffering for what it was, finite and insignificant, and I was still. My suffering did not fit anywhere, I realized. And I could accept this. It was all right.

Yann Martel
Agony, Suffering, Next
Yann Martel (2015). “Life of Pi - CANCELED”, p.186, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Even when God seemed to have abandoned me, he was watching. Even when he seemed indifferent to my suffering, he was watching. And when I was beyond all hope of saving, he gave me rest. Then he gave me a sign to continue my journey.

Yann Martel
Journey, Suffering, Saving
"Fictional character: Adult Pi Patel". "Life of Pi", www.imdb.com. 2012.

My suffering left me sad and gloomy.

Yann Martel
Suffering, Gloomy, Left
Yann Martel (2012). “Life Of Pi, Illustrated”, p.12, Canongate Books

The lower you are, the higher your mind will want to soar. It was natural that, bereft and desperate as I was, in the throes of unremitting suffering. I should turn to God

Yann Martel
Mind, Suffering, Want
Yann Martel (2002). “Life Of Pi”, p.381, Canongate Books

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