When your own life is threatened, your sense of empathy is … - Yann Martel

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

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Yann Martel (born June 25, 1963) is a Canadian author most famous for his Man Booker Prize-winning novel Life of Pi.

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

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