Life is a peephole, a single tiny entry onto a vastness — h… - Yann Martel

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Life is a peephole, a single tiny entry onto a vastness — how can I not dwell on this brief, cramped view of things? This peephole is all I've got!

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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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Life is a peephole, a single tiny entry onto a vastness — how can I not dwell on this brief, cramped view of things? This peephole is all I've got! - Yann Martel

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