Yann Martel Quote
If you’re going to be religious, you must be either a Hindu, a Christian or a Muslim. You heard what they said on the esplanade. I don’t see why I can’t be all three. Mamaji has two passports. He’s Indian and French. Why can’t I be a Hindu, a Christian and a Muslim? That’s different. France and India are nations on earth. How many nations are there in the sky? She thought for a second. One. That’s the point. One nation, one passport. One nation in the sky? Yes. Or none. There’s that option too, you know. These are terribly old-fashioned things you’ve taken to. If there’s only one nation in the sky, shouldn’t all passports be valid for it?
Yann Martel
If you’re going to be religious, you must be either a Hindu, a Christian or a Muslim. You heard what they said on the esplanade. I don’t see why I can’t be all three. Mamaji has two passports. He’s Indian and French. Why can’t I be a Hindu, a Christian and a Muslim? That’s different. France and India are nations on earth. How many nations are there in the sky? She thought for a second. One. That’s the point. One nation, one passport. One nation in the sky? Yes. Or none. There’s that option too, you know. These are terribly old-fashioned things you’ve taken to. If there’s only one nation in the sky, shouldn’t all passports be valid for it?
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About Yann Martel
Martel is also the author of the novels The High Mountains of Portugal, Beatrice and Virgil, and Self, the collection of stories The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios, and a collection of letters to Canada's Prime Minister 101 Letters to a Prime Minister. He has won a number of literary prizes, including the 2001 Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction and the 2002 Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature.
Martel lives in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, with writer Alice Kuipers and their four children. His first language is French, but he writes in English.