Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Life of Pi

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"The arrogance of big-city folk! You grant your metropolises all the animals of Eden, but you deny my hamlet the merest Bengal tiger!"

"Mr. Patel, please calm down."

"If you stumble at mere believability, what are you living for? Isn't love hard to believe?"

"Mr. Patel--"
"Don't you bully me with your politeness!  Love is hard to believe, ask any lover.  Life is hard to believe, ask any scientist.  God is hard to believe, ask any believer.  What is your problem with hard to believe?"

"We're just being reasonable."

"So am I!  I applied my reason at every moment.  Reason is excellent for getting food, clothing and shelter.  Reason is the very best tool kit.  Nothing beats reason for keeping tigers away.  But be excessively reasonable and you risk throwing out the universe with the bathwater."

"Calm down, Mr. Patel, calm down."

I finished this book last night, and I enjoyed this part so much I thought I'd blog about it. Life of Pi is about a small boy named Pi Patel who survives his sinking ship in the pacific ocean, and ends up on a life boat floating for days with a bengal tiger. These were some of my favorite lines in the book, from when they question him about his adventures and tell him that his story is hard to believe. I think the words are beautiful.

6 comments:

  1. THANK YOU for posting about a book. I have been dying for a good book, and all I have been getting are retarded recommendations. I hate reading dumb books because I feel like its such a waste of time.

    And yes, that poster hangs in our apartment:) I got in Ireland, because I LOVED the doors there. It was perfect.

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  2. PS- I just bought it. I can't wait to read it.

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  3. Your description makes it sound so wonderful! I need to read it!

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  4. my dad wants to read it, but after he's done I will let you borrow it, jeffery.

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  5. Whitney! I just found your blog and I love it. And I love this book. It is one of my favorites.

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