"The world breaks every one and afterward many are strong at the broken places. But those that will not break it kills. It kills the very good and the very gentle and the very brave impartially. If you are none of these you can be sure it will kill you too but there will be no special hurry."
~ Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell To Arms



"Our lives disconnect and reconnect, we move on, and later we may touch one another, again bounce away. This is the felt shape of a human life, neither simply linear nor wholly disjunctive nor endlessly bifurcating, but rather this bouncey sequence of bumping into's and tumblings apart."
~ Salman Rushdie, The Ground Beneath Her Feet



Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Stumbling at Mere Believability ~ Life of Pi...


We all believe in something or many somethings whether we know or acknowledge what they are does not alter the reality of mere believabilty...


Life of Pi Movie Trailer


In the Life of Pie, a 2001 novel by Canadian author Yann Martel, writes:

“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 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”
       (Patel, 2001, pp. 297-298).
 
 
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