Shantaram

by Gregory David Roberts

Optimism is the first cousin of love, and it’s exactly like love in three ways: it’s pushy, it has no real sense of humour, and it turns up where you least expect it.

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that the real trick in life is to want nothing, and to succeed in getting it.’

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One of the ironies of courage, and the reason why we prize it so highly, is that we find it easier to be brave for someone else than we do for ourselves alone. And

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When the student is ready, the teacher appears—

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