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• Heroes only come in three kinds:dead, damaged or dubious.

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• Friendship is an Algebra test that nobody passes.

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• Luck is what happens to you when fate gets tired of waiting.

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• Men reveal what they think when they look away, and what they feel when they hesitate. With women, it’s the other way around.

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• There are no mistakes. Only new paths to explore.

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• Every human heart beat is a universe of possibilities.

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• Nothing ever fits the palm so perfectly, or feels so right, or inspires so much protective instinct as the hand of a child.

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• When you judge the power that is in a person, you must judge their capacities as both friend and as enemy.

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• Sometimes you have to lose to win.

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• Every virtuous act is inspired by a dark secret.

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• If you make your heart into a weapon, you end up using it on yourself.

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• Hate has no literature: real fear and real hate have no words.

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• Some things are just so sad that only your soul can do the crying for you.

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• Cowardice is often just another name for being taken by surprise.

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• A lot of bad stuff in the world wasn’t really that bad until someone tried to change it.

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• Suffering is how we test our love especially our love for God.

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• The most precious gift you can bring to your lover is your suffering.

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• The choice you make, between hating and forgiving, can become the story of your life.

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• Every life, every love, every action and feeling and thought has its reason and significance: its beginning, and the part it plays in the end. Sometimes, we do see.

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• Motive matters more with good deeds than it does with bad.

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Gregory David Roberts (52)

Birth:	1952
Nationality:	Australian
Profession:	Novelist, Screenwriter

About

Gregory David Roberts was born in Melbourne, Australia. He is an Australian author best known for his novel Shantaram. He has written other books include: Crime and Refuge(with Hanne Nabintu Herland), and The Mountain Shadow(novel). He also written the original screenplay for the movie adaptation of Shantaram.

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