Shantaram
December 01 2007 William writes:
A thrilling true story of an Australian bankrobber become Bombay mobster writen firsthand by Gregory Roberts. The pace of the book keeps you racing through the 900 pages and the characters are developed in to lasting memories. Bits of provoking philosophy and life questions are included to provide the fullest book I’ve read in a long time.
Wyatt and I met the author in Mumbai at Leopolds. Linbaba is built and has a rough face that shows life lived fast and completely.
Below are some tantilizing quotes from the book that caught my interest.
- “Poverty and pride are devoted blood brothers unitil one, always and inevitably, kills the other.” (ch 12)
- “Wisdom is just cleverness, with all the guts kicked out of it.” (ch 4)
- “Truth is the buly we all pretend to like.” (ch 2)
- “The burden of happiness can only be relieved by the balm of suffering.” (ch 2)
- “We can only avoid chaos in the world of human affairs by having an agreed standard for the measure of a unit of morality.” (ch 23)
- “Men reveal what they think when they look away and what they feel when they hesitate.” (ch 23)
- “Depression only happens to people who don’t know how to be sad.” (ch 26)
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