• I was not wounded in any part of my body, but I had never experienced such intense pain, such a ripping of the nerves, such an ache of the heart.

    Yann Martel: I was not wounded in any part of my body, but I had never experienced such intense pain, such a ripping of the nerves, such an ache of the heart.
    Yann Martel (2009). “Life of Pi”, p.108, Vintage Canada