I did not count the days or the weeks or the months. Time i… - Yann Martel

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I did not count the days or the weeks or the months. Time is an illusion that only makes us pant. I survived because I forgot even the very notion of time.

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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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"Time is an illusion that only makes us pant. I survived because I forgot even the very notion of time." Page 212.

Time is an illusion that only makes us pant.

Time is an illusion that only makes us pant. I survived because I forgot even the very notion of time.

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