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Shantaram
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‘The politics of fear. I hate politics, and politicians even more. They make a religion of being greedy. It’s unforgivable.
“Memory betrays most people.” Gibson’s words echoed back to me so clearly that I could see the man standing by the arched window, back stooped and face withered. “It fades, leaving them with dull, soft impressions of a life more like a dream than history.”
― Empire of Silence
― Empire of Silence
“Binabik inspected Simon’s face. The troll’s brown eyes were serious. “Yes, he is perhaps small beneath the stars, Simon—as a mountain is small in comparing to the whole world. But a mountain is bigger than we, and if it falls on us, we will still be very dead in a very big hole.”
― Stone of Farewell
― Stone of Farewell
“Make a home for yourself inside your own head. You’ll find what you need to furnish it—memory, friends you can trust, love of learning, and other such things. That way it will go with you wherever you journey …” Is that what dying is? Simon wondered. Is it going home? That’s not so bad.”
― Stone of Farewell
― Stone of Farewell
“But folk ain’t that different, one-to-one, no matter what’s on the outside. Doesn’t even matter where you been. Hurt the same, need the same. Need someone to remind them they’re human.”
― Empire of Silence
― Empire of Silence
“Neither of us is that naïve anymore, but I can tell you to live the time you have with that boy instead of spending it on worry and regret. You might have twenty years with him. You might only have two. If you waste that time, if you miss it, then when it ends, you’re going to feel like the biggest idiot who ever lived.”
― The Sword of Kaigen
― The Sword of Kaigen
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