Younger Insurance Investigator Quotes in Life of Pi (2012)

Younger Insurance Investigator: [with a look of disbelief] Bananas don't float. You said the Orangutan floated to you in a bundle of bananas, but bananas don't float.

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.