“Anything that can be put in a nutshell, should remain there.”
― Shantaram
― Shantaram
“Culture and education are the lethal weapons against all kinds of fundamentalism.”
― Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return
― Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return
“I hesitated. Karla once said that men reveal what they think when they look away, and what they feel when they hesitate. With women, she said, it's the other way around.”
― Shantaram
― Shantaram
“What is it?" she asked.
"I'm looking for your wings. You are my guardian angel, aren't you?"
"I'm afraid not," she replied, her cheeks dimplingwith a wry smile. "There's too much of the devil in me for that."
"Just how much devil," I grinned, "are we talking about here?”
― Shantaram
"I'm looking for your wings. You are my guardian angel, aren't you?"
"I'm afraid not," she replied, her cheeks dimplingwith a wry smile. "There's too much of the devil in me for that."
"Just how much devil," I grinned, "are we talking about here?”
― Shantaram
“If fate doesn’t make you laugh, Karla said, in one of my first conversations with her, then you just don’t get the joke.”
― Shantaram
― Shantaram
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