Life of Pi Quotes
Adult Pi Patel: My uncle Francis was born with too much water in his lungs. They say the doctors swung Francis around by the ankles to clear the water out, and that's what gave him the huge chest and skinny legs that made him such a great swimmer.
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Pi Patel (11: [pointing to oil painting of Christ's crucifixion]Why would a god do that? Why would he send his own son to suffer the sins of ordinary people?
Priest: Because He loves us. God made Himself approachable to us, human, so we could understand Him. We can't understand God in all His perfection, but we can understand God's son and His suffering, as we would a brother's.
Adult Pi Patel: [in present, to Writer]That made no sense. Sacrificing the innocent to atone for the sins of the guilty, what kind of love is that?
Priest: Because He loves us. God made Himself approachable to us, human, so we could understand Him. We can't understand God in all His perfection, but we can understand God's son and His suffering, as we would a brother's.
Adult Pi Patel: [in present, to Writer]That made no sense. Sacrificing the innocent to atone for the sins of the guilty, what kind of love is that?
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Adult Pi Patel: Now we have to send our little boy to the middle of the Pacific.
Writer: And make me believe in God.
Adult Pi Patel: Yes, we will get there.
Writer: And make me believe in God.
Adult Pi Patel: Yes, we will get there.
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Pi Patel: [facing a storm on the lifeboat]Richard Parker, come out you have to see this! It's beautiful!
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Writer: Have I forgotten anything?
Adult Pi Patel: I think you set the stage. So far we have an Indian boy named after a French swimming pool on a Japanese ship full of animals heading to Canada.
Adult Pi Patel: I think you set the stage. So far we have an Indian boy named after a French swimming pool on a Japanese ship full of animals heading to Canada.
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Pi Patel: God? I give myself to you. I am your vessel. Whatever comes, I want to know. Show me.
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Pi Patel: It's a thunderstorm. Let's go watch.
Ravi Patel: Are you crazy? We will get hit by lightning.
Pi Patel: No, we won't. It will hit the bridge first.
Ravi Patel: Don't tempt a storm, Pi.
Ravi Patel: Are you crazy? We will get hit by lightning.
Pi Patel: No, we won't. It will hit the bridge first.
Ravi Patel: Don't tempt a storm, Pi.
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Pi Patel: [to starving, semi-conscious tiger in lifeboat]We're dying, Richard Parker. I'm sorry.
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Pi Patel: Then the ship sank. What else do you want from me?
Younger Insurance Investigator: A story that won't make us look like fools.
Older Insurance Investigator: We need a simpler story for our report. One our company can understand. A story we can all believe.
Pi Patel: [pause]So, a story without things you've never seen before.
Older Insurance Investigator: That's right.
Pi Patel: Without surprises, without animals, or islands?
Older Insurance Investigator: Yes, the truth.
Writer: [back to present, to Adult Pi Patel]So, what did you do?
Adult Pi Patel: I told them another story.
Younger Insurance Investigator: A story that won't make us look like fools.
Older Insurance Investigator: We need a simpler story for our report. One our company can understand. A story we can all believe.
Pi Patel: [pause]So, a story without things you've never seen before.
Older Insurance Investigator: That's right.
Pi Patel: Without surprises, without animals, or islands?
Older Insurance Investigator: Yes, the truth.
Writer: [back to present, to Adult Pi Patel]So, what did you do?
Adult Pi Patel: I told them another story.
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Pi Patel: What does this mean? [makes bowl shape with hands]
Pi Patel: In the dance, you went from pataka which means the forest. And then you did, and you did... samputa, which means something that is hidden. And after that you did this... And then you did chatura. But at the very end, you did this. [makes bowl shape with hands again]
Pi Patel: None of the other dancers did that. What did you mean? The god of love is hiding in the forest?
Anandi: No, that also means the lotus flower.
Pi Patel: Lotus flower is hiding in the forest? Why would a lotus flower hide in the forest?
Pi Patel: In the dance, you went from pataka which means the forest. And then you did, and you did... samputa, which means something that is hidden. And after that you did this... And then you did chatura. But at the very end, you did this. [makes bowl shape with hands again]
Pi Patel: None of the other dancers did that. What did you mean? The god of love is hiding in the forest?
Anandi: No, that also means the lotus flower.
Pi Patel: Lotus flower is hiding in the forest? Why would a lotus flower hide in the forest?
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Santosh Patel: [in French]She asked if you have something vegetarian.
Cook: [in French]Ah. The cow that produced this liver was vegetarian. The pigs that went into these sausages were vegetarian.
Cook: [in French]Ah. The cow that produced this liver was vegetarian. The pigs that went into these sausages were vegetarian.
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Buddhist Sailor: [to Patel family]Hello, I am happy Buddhist. So I eat rice next to gravy. On ship, gravy is not meat... is taste. You try?
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