"Bapu Gandhi said, 'All religions are true.' I just want to love God," I blurted out, and looked down, red in the face. - Yann Martel

Bapu Gandhi said, ‘All religions are true.’ I just want to love God.

I challenge anyone to understand Islam, its spirit, and not to love it. It is a beautiful religion of
brotherhood and devotion.

The mosque was truly an open construction, to God and to breeze. We sat cross-legged
listening to the imam until the time came to pray. Then the random pattern of sitters disappeared as
we stood and arranged ourselves shoulder to shoulder in rows, every space ahead being filled by
someone from behind until every line was solid and we were row after row of worshippers. It felt
good to bring my forehead to the ground. Immediately it felt like a deeply religious contact.

Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous possessive love that grabs at what it can.

My life is like a memento mori painting from European art: there is always a grinning skull at my side to remind me of the folly of human ambition.