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0468c0d The rich in any country, and any system, always got the best justice money could buy. Gregory David Roberts
0acf25e There is no believing in God. We either know God, or we do not. Gregory David Roberts
c5d9979 God is impossible. That is the first proof that He exists. Gregory David Roberts
2d99fc5 Men lie, to themselves more than to others, and to the others more often than they tell the truth. Gregory David Roberts
ca1fb39 I detest bullies for their cowardice, and despise them for their cruelty. I never knew a tough man who preyed on the weak. Tough men hate bullies almost as much as bullies hate tough men. Gregory David Roberts
a8911b1 Some women cry easily. The tears fall as gently as fragrant raindrops in a sun-shower, and leave the face clear and clean and almost radiant. Other women cry hard, and all the loveliness in them collapses in the agony of it. Gregory David Roberts
4e23bb2 They're (kids) so... innocent. Except that they're not. They know exactly what they want, and they don't stop till they get it. Gregory David Roberts
1e7c0e6 People say that money is the root of all evil. But it's not true. It's the other way round. Money isn't the root of all evil. Evil is the root of all money. There's no such thing as clean money. All the money in the world is dirty, in some way, because there's no clean way to make it. If you get paid in money, somebody, somewhere is suffering for it. Gregory David Roberts
6c6186b If you make your heart into a weapon, you always end up using it on yourself. Gregory David Roberts
9b27338 A man has to respect himself bofore he can respect anyone else. Gregory David Roberts
50c5177 A man trusts another man when he sees enough of himself in him, I guess. Or maybe when he sees the things he wishes he had in himself. Gregory David Roberts
276e01e Una volta un uomo saggio - un musulmano, badate bene - mi ha detto di sentirsi piu vicino a un ebreo, a un cristiano, a un buddhista o persino a un ateo razionale e ragionevole che a un fanatico della sua stessa religione. E sono d'accordo con Winston Churchill, secondo il quale un fanatico e una persona che non cambia opinione e non e capace di cambiare argomento Gregory David Roberts
deddcf9 La sofferenza non e necessariamente un segno di debolezza; con uno sforzo di volonta e possibile sopportarla: la forza di volonta nasce da un severo autocontrollo, che e di per se una forma di sofferenza volontaria Gregory David Roberts
b68e79c The choices we make are branches in the tree of possibility. Gregory David Roberts
431cda5 Love unlived is a sin against life, and mourning is one of the ways we love. Gregory David Roberts
fdc9d64 But we made the night bright and the sunlight right a lot of the time, and never felt used or unloved. Gregory David Roberts
cdf9f09 Instinct chooses her own children. Gregory David Roberts
ff5f272 How old is he?' 'Thirty.' 'He looks older.' 'They all do. All the Europeans look older and angrier than they really are. It's a white thing. Gregory David Roberts
6c7ed62 Sometimes it is necessary to do the wrong things for the right reasons. The important thing is to be sure that our reasons are right and that we admit the wrong, that we do not lie to ourselves and convince ourselves that what we do is right. Gregory David Roberts
1cf7510 Some people always manage to make us feel sorry for them, no matter how stupid and angry we feel about it after. They're the canaries, kind of, in the coalmines of our hearts. If we stop feeling sorry for them, when they let us down, we're in deep trouble. Gregory David Roberts
7f3ae73 I was exiled from my family, homeland, and culture. I thought that was the whole of it. Years into the banishment, I realised that I was exiled to something, as well. What I escaped to was the lonely, reckless freedom of the outcast. Gregory David Roberts
00fe519 I think that we all, each one of us, we all have to earn our future,' she said slowly. 'I think the future is like anything else that's important. It has to be earned. If we don't earn it, we don't have a future at all. Gregory David Roberts
ceb9d5f love's a one-way street. Love, like respect, isn't something you get; it's something you give. Gregory David Roberts
4071945 When we get older--when the steel door slams shut, in one way or another--we know that real suffering is measured by what's taken away from us. Gregory David Roberts
eeb4c06 Sometimes you break your heart in the right way, if you know what I mean.' I Gregory David Roberts
2c61fd6 A politician is someone who promises you a bridge, even when there's no river. Gregory David Roberts
be91519 Khader aveva cercato di spiegarmi che ogni uomo ha la possibilita di cambiare il proprio destino. Avevo sempre pensato che il fatto fosse immutabile: determinato al momento della nascita e fisso come le orbite delle stelle. All'improvviso compresi che la vita e molto piu bella e complessa. La verita e che fortuna e sfortuna non contano, e non importa cio che stai facendo: puoi cambiare completamente la tua vita con un solo pensiero, con un .. Gregory David Roberts
32cd603 Virtue is concerned with what we do, and honour is concerned with how we do it. You Gregory David Roberts
2875592 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 Gregory David Roberts
f0d6da8 But it's not true. It's the other way round. Money isn't the root of all evil. Evil is the root of all money. There's no such thing as clean money. All the money in the world is dirty, in some way, because there's no clean way to make it. Gregory David Roberts
8d0e4e1 You'd know where real suffering comes from. It's the same place where love and freedom and pride are born. And it's the same place where those feelings and ideals die. That suffering never stops. We only pretend it does. We only tell ourselves it does, to make the kids stop whimpering in their sleep.' He Gregory David Roberts
26b6109 La droga "tutto e nulla": ti prende tutto, e non ti lascia nulla. Ma il nulla che ti offre, il vuoto privo di sentimenti che ti elargisce, a volte e tutto cio che desideri." Gregory David Roberts
3fe4745 L'unico momento in cui smetteva di odiarsi era quando il rischio era talmente grande da costringerlo ad agire senza pensare e senza provare nessuna emozione. Gregory David Roberts
1fa6e7d L'anima non ha cultura. L'anima non ha nazione. L'anima non ha colore, accento stile di vita. L'anima e per sempre. L'anima e una. E quando il cuore prova un momento di verita, di dolore, l'anima non sa restare immobile. Uno dei motivi per cui abbiamo un terribile bisogno d'amore, e lo cerchiamo disperatamente, e perche l'amore e l'unica cura per la solitudine, per la vergogna e la sofferenza. Ma alcuni sentimenti si nascondono cosi profond.. Gregory David Roberts
3cbe1ea A dream is the place where a wish and a fear meet. When the wish and the fear are exactly the same, we call the dream a nightmare. Gregory David Roberts
4c447ae Il passato si riflette perennemente in due specchi: quello luminoso delle parole pronunciate e delle azioni compiute e quello scuro, colmo di tutte le cose che non abbiamo detto o fatto. Gregory David Roberts
29116ae Una volta qualcuno mi ha detto che se trasformi il tuo cuore in un'arma, prima o poi finisci per usarla contro di te. Gregory David Roberts
7e19287 Ogni volta che agiamo, pur con le migliori intenzioni, ogni volta che interferiamo con le cose del mondo, rischiamo di provocare un disastro che forse non dipende da noi, ma che non si verificherebbe senza il nostro intervento. Gregory David Roberts
9e060cc E' un bene conoscere cosa ce di sbagliato al mondo, ma e altrettanto importante sapere che per quanto il mondo sia sbagliato tu non puoi cambiarlo, ma vorrei credere che se agiamo nel modo giusto tutto puo cambiare in meglio. Gregory David Roberts
02912de Non sopporto i politici, e gente che ti promette un ponte anche se non ci sono fiumi. Gregory David Roberts
0f6afcf La cosa sbagliata... per un motivo giusto. Gregory David Roberts
fb83053 The simple and astonishing truth about India and Indian people is that when you go there, and deal with them, your heart always guides you more wisely than your head. There's nowhere else in the world where that's quite so true. Gregory David Roberts
1b25554 Money isn't the root of all evil. Evil is the root of all money. There's no such thing as clean money. All the money in the world is dirty, in some way, because there's no clean way to make it. Gregory David Roberts
8a61126 Where did we come from? Why are we here? Where are we going? Gregory David Roberts