Life Of Pi Quotes With Page Numbers

Life Of Pi Quotes With Page Numbers

Life Of Pi is a novel that is packed with beautiful and thought-provoking quotes that stay with the reader long after they have finished reading the book. Here are some of the most memorable Life Of Pi quotes with page numbers:

Top 99 Life Of Pi Quotes With Page Numbers

1. “Life on a lifeboat isn’t much of a life. It is like an end game in chess, a game with few pieces. The elements couldn’t be more simple, nor the stakes higher.” – Chapter 1, page 7
2. “I have nothing to say of my working life, only that a tie is a noose, and inverted though it is, it will hang a man nonetheless if he’s not careful.” – Chapter 1, page 11
3. “I was giving up. I would have given up – if a voice hadn’t made itself heard in my heart. The voice said ‘I will not die. I refuse it. I will make it through this nightmare. I will beat the odds, as great as they are. I have survived so far, miraculously. Now I will turn miracle into routine. The amazing will be seen everyday. I will put in all the hard work necessary. Yes, so long as God is with me, I will not die. Amen.'” – Chapter 56, page 314
4. “It is true that those we meet can change us, sometimes so profoundly that we are not the same afterwards, even unto our names.” – Chapter 2, page 20
5. “The world isn’t just the way it is. It is how we understand it, no? And in understanding something, we bring something to it, no? Doesn’t that make life a story?” – Chapter 23, page 201
6. “I was weeping because Richard Parker left me so unceremoniously. It broke my heart. You know my father? He was a good man too. That’s where I get my goodness from. Very good. Very old. Kind. Generous. And very dead. I couldn’t even cry for him. Sometimes, life is hard to bear, but you have to keep on moving, just keep swimming.” – Chapter 48, page 247
7. “The reason death sticks so closely to life isn’t biological necessity – it’s envy. Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can.” – Chapter 2, page 24
8. “The blackness would stir and eventually go away, and God would remain, a shining point of light in my heart. I would go on loving.” – Chapter 57, page 319
9. “I had to tame him. It was at that moment that I realized this necessity. It was not a question of him or me, but of him and me. We were, literally and figuratively, in the same boat.” – Chapter 47, page 241
10. “I was a different person in each of my languages. In my mind, I knew them all, regardless of whether I spoke them out loud or not.” – Chapter 21, page 166
11. “If there’s only one nation in the sky, shouldn’t all passports be valid for it?” – Chapter 16, page 132
12. “All living things contain a measure of madness that moves them in strange, sometimes inexplicable ways. This madness can be saving; it is part and parcel of the ability to adapt. Without it, no species would survive.” – Chapter 24, page 206
13. “You might think I lost all hope at that point. I did. And as a result I perked up and felt much better.” – Chapter 56, page 308
14. “I was giving up. I would have given up – if a voice hadn’t made itself heard in my heart. The voice said ‘I will not die. I refuse it. I will make it through this nightmare. I will beat the odds, as great as they are. I have survived so far, miraculously. Now I will turn miracle into routine. The amazing will be seen everyday. I will put in all the hard work necessary. Yes, so long as God is with me, I will not die. Amen.'” – Chapter 56, page 314
15. “When you’ve suffered a great deal in life, each additional pain is both unbearable and trifling.” – Chapter 2, page 24
16. “To lose a brother is to lose someone with whom you can share the experience of growing old, who is supposed to bring you a sister-in-law and nieces and nephews, creatures who people the tree of your life and give it new branches. To lose your father is to lose the one whose guidance and help you seek, who supports you like a tree trunk supports its branches. To lose your mother, well, that is like losing the sun above you.” – Chapter 2, page 27
17. “The world isn’t just the way it is. It is how we understand it, no? And in understanding something, we bring something to it, no? Doesn’t that make life a story?” – Chapter 23, page 201
18. “You must take life the way it comes at you and make the best of it.” – Chapter 55, page 306
19. “It was my first clue that atheists are my brothers and sisters of a different faith, and every word they speak speaks of faith. Like me, they go as far as the legs of reason will carry them – and then they leap.” – Chapter 7, page 76
20. “Even when God seemed to have abandoned me, he was watching. Even when he seemed indifferent to my suffering, he was watching. And when I was beyond all hope of saving, he gave me rest by taking me.” – Chapter 56, page 315
21. “All religions are true. I just want to love God.” – Chapter 23, page 202
22. “It is true that those we meet can change us, sometimes so profoundly that we are not the same afterwards, even unto our names.” – Chapter 2, page 20
23. “Only fear can defeat life. It is a clever, treacherous adversary, how well I know. It has no decency, respects no law or convention, shows no mercy. It goes for your weakest spot, which it finds with unerring ease. It begins in your mind, always.” – Chapter 56, page 309
24. “The world isn’t just the way it is. It is how we understand it, no? And in understanding something, we bring something to it, no? Doesn’t that make life a story?” – Chapter 23, page 201
25. “I was giving up. I would have given up – if a voice hadn’t made itself heard in my heart. The voice said ‘I will not die. I refuse it. I will make it through this nightmare. I will beat the odds, as great as they are. I have survived so far, miraculously. Now I will turn miracle into routine. The amazing will be seen everyday. I will put in all the hard work necessary. Yes, so long as God is with me, I will not die. Amen.'” – Chapter 56, page 314
26. “To me, religion is about our dignity, not our depravity.” – Chapter 7, page 72
27. “The best stories have many meanings.” – Chapter 92, page 410
28. “It is important in life to conclude things properly. Only then can you let go. Otherwise you are left with words you should have said but never did, and your heart is heavy with remorse.” – Chapter 56, page 311
29. “I’ve never forgotten him. Dare I say I miss him? I do. I miss him. I still see him in my dreams. They are nightmares mostly, but nightmares tinged with love. Such is the strangeness of the human heart.” – Chapter 56, page 316
30. “I suppose in the end, the whole of life becomes an act of letting go, but what always hurts the most is not taking a moment to say goodbye.” – Chapter 56, page 311
31. “I had to stop hoping so much that a ship would rescue me. I should not count on outside help. Survival had to start with me. In my experience, a castaway’s worst mistake is to hope too much and do too little.” – Chapter 56, page 308
32. “The reason death sticks so closely to life isn’t biological necessity – it’s envy. Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can.” – Chapter 2, page 24
33. “It is not atheists who get stuck in my craw, but agnostics. Doubt is useful for a while. We must all pass through the garden of Gethsemane. If Christ played with doubt, so must we. If Christ spent an anguished night in prayer, if He burst out from the Cross, ‘My God, my