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Yann Martel Quotes about Survival

All Yann Martel Quotes Age Children Christianity Country Darkness Doubt Earth Evil Failing Feelings Giving Goodbye Grace Hard Work Heart Imagination Joy Letting Go Life Losing Memories Moon Pain Philosophy Reality Risk Salvation Sloth Suffering Survival quotes Transportation Understanding Water Writing

Survival starts by paying attention to what is close at hand and immediate. To look out with idle hope is tantamount to dreaming one's life away.

Survival starts by paying attention to what is close at hand and immediate. To look out with idle hope is tantamount to dreaming one's life away.

Dream, Hands, Survival

Yann Martel, Canongate Books (2007). “Life of Pi (Illustrated): Deluxe Illustrated Edition”, p.178, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

When your own life is threatened, your sense of empathy is blunted by a terrible, selfish hunger for survival.

Selfish, Empathy, Survival

Yann Martel, Canongate Books (2007). “Life of Pi (Illustrated): Deluxe Illustrated Edition”, p.132, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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