Ramateertha returned to India. He thought that if a country like America – which has no tradition of religion, where people are absolutely materialistic – could be so impressed by his talks and by his personality, then what will happen in
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“People haven't stopped believing in love. They haven't stopped wanting to be in love. They just don't believe in a happy ending anymore. They still believe in love, and falling in love, but they know now that...they know that romances almost never end as well as they begin.”
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“When you're sober and fit, it's the world that's fucked.”
― Shantaram
― Shantaram
“I would say that it is different for all of us, but that it happens when we grow up, when we mature and pass from the childishness of our youthful tears, and become adults. I think that it is a part of growing up, learning to control our suffering. I think that when we grow up, and learn that happiness is rare, and passes quickly, we become disillusioned and hurt. And how much we suffer is a mark of how much we have been hurt by this realisation. Suffering, you see, is a kind of anger. We rage against the unfairness, the injustice of our sad and sorry lot. And this boiling resentment, you see, this anger, is what we call suffering. It is also what leads us to the hero curse, I might add.”
― Shantaram
― Shantaram
“The worst thing about corruption as a system of governance, is that it works so well.”
― Shantaram
― Shantaram
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