That's what fiction is about, isn't it, the selective transforming of reality? The twisting of it to bring out its essence?
Yann MartelTo my mind, faith is like being in the sun. When you are in the sun, can you avoid creating a shadow? Can you shake that area of darkness that clings to you, always shaped like you, as if constantly to remind you of yourself? You canโt. This shadow is doubt. And it goes wherever you go as long as you stay in the sun. And who wouldnโt want to be in the sun?
Yann MartelChristianity stretches back through the ages, but in essence it exists only at one time: right now.
Yann Martel