Shantaram quotes on destined love, the past, and the heart.
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When more then one friend recommends the same book to me, I consider it an omen. With Shantaram, I knew after the first two pages it was a brilliant book. Here are three quotes from the first two chapters that I hope will inspire you to read this masterpiece: Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts.
“The ancient Sanskrit legends speaks of a destined love, a karmic connection between souls that are fated to meet and collide and enrapture one another. The legends say that the loved one is instantly recognized because she’s loved in every gesture, every expression of thought, every movement, every sound, and every mood that prays in her eyes. The legends say that we know her by her wings–the wings that only we can see–and because wanting her kills every other desire of love.
The same legends also carry warnings that such fated love may, sometimes, be the possession and the obsession of one, and only one, of two souls twinned by destiny. But wisdom in one sense, is the opposite of love. Love survives in us precisely because it isn‘t wise.” Shantaram by Gregory Roberts P. 23
“The past reflects eternally between two mirrors — the bright mirror of words and deeds, and the dark one, full of things we didn’t do or say. I wish now that from the beginning, even then in the first weeks that I had knew her, even on that night, the words had come to tell her… to tell her that I liked her.“ Shantaram by Gregory Roberts P. 36
“My heart moved through deep and silent water. No-one, and nothing, could really hurt me. No-one, and nothing, could make me very happy. I was tough, which is probably the saddest thing you can say about a man.” Shantaram by Gregory Roberts P.37
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Love your quotes! I picked up that book on purely a gut feeling, without any prior knowledge of it, and it definitely shook me. It was fate for me to come across that book. A true masterpiece. Thanks for sharing!
I look forward to cruising your blog!
I was struck by that quote on P.23.. well, im just starting to read it, but this book is really amazing!
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