

“every human heart beat is a universe of possibilities.”
― Shantaram
― Shantaram

“Anything that can be put in a nutshell, should remain there.”
― Shantaram
― Shantaram

“But survival means more than simply being alive. It's not just the body that must survive a jail term: the spirit and the will and the heart have to make it through as well. If any one of them is broken or destroyed, the man whose living body walks through the gate, at the end of his sentence, can't be said to have survived it.”
― Shantaram
― Shantaram

“A man trusts another man when he sees enough of himself in him.”
― Shantaram
― Shantaram

“A wise man once told me- he’s a muslim by the way- that he has more in common with a jew than he does a fanatic of his own religion. He has more in common with a rational, reasonable-minded Christian or a Buddhist or Hindu than he does with a fanatic of his own religion. In fact, he has more in common with a ration, reasonable-minded atheist than he does with a fanatic of his own religion”
― Shantaram
― Shantaram
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