# Quote — Yann Martel, Life Of Pi

> I must say a word about fear. It is life's only true opponent. Only fear can defeat life.

- Author: [Yann Martel](https://www.leafyquotes.com/yann-martel.md)
- Book: [Life Of Pi](https://www.leafyquotes.com/yann-martel/life-of-pi.md)
- Page: 178
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/yann-martel/life-of-pi/i-must-say

## More from this book

> Despair was a heavy blackness that let no light in or out. It was a hell beyond expression. I thank God it always passed. A school of fish appeared around the net or a knot cried out to be reknotted. Or I thought of my family, of how they were spared this terrible agony. 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.

p. 232 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/yann-martel/life-of-pi/despair-was-a-heavy.md)

> If we, citizens, do not support our artists, then we sacrifice our imagination on the altar of crude reality and we end up believing in nothing and having worthless dreams.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/yann-martel/life-of-pi/if-we-citizens.md)

> I cannot think of a better way to spread the faith. No thundering from a pulpit, no condemnation from bad churches, no peer pressure, just a book of scripture quietly waiting to say hello, as gentle and powerful as a little girl's kiss on your cheek.

p. 230 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/yann-martel/life-of-pi/i-cannot-think.md)