How long does it take for a broken spirit to kill a body that has food, water and shelter?
Yann MartelYou might think I lost all hope at that point. I did. And as a result I perked up and felt much better.
Yann MartelI can well imagine an athiest's last words: "White, white! L-L-Love! My God!" - and the deathbed leap of faith. Whereas the agnostic, if he stays true to his reasonable self, if he stays beholden to dry, yeastless factuality, might try to explain the warm light bathing him by saying "Possibly a f-f-failing oxygenation of the b-b-brain," and, to the very end, lack imagination and miss the better story.
Yann Martel