Fuck Yeah Shantaram

"We know that crying is a good and natural thing. We know that crying isn’t a weakness, but a kind of..."

Sun, 16 Jan 2011 23:26:05 -0500

“We know that crying is a good and natural thing. We know that crying isn’t a weakness, but a kind of strength. Still, the weeping rips us root by tangled root from the earth, and we crash like fallen trees when we cry.”

- Shantaram (via wanderingstars)

The Shantaram Suite at Four Seasons Hotel

Thu, 02 Dec 2010 15:02:38 -0500

The Shantaram Suite at Four Seasons Hotel:

dpanjana:

One copy of Shantaram (paperback): Rs. 495

One night at the Shantaram Suite: Rs. 1, 44, 900.

Has anyone read "Shantaram" by Gregory David Roberts?

Thu, 02 Dec 2010 15:01:50 -0500

tawt-i-taw-a-romulan:

Shantaram p193

Thu, 02 Dec 2010 15:01:35 -0500

hipsterati:

“… and then all of a sudden the three men began to sing in powerful, thrilling voices. It was a luscious sound- a layered and gorgeous music of passionate intensity. The men weren’t just singing, they were crying and wailing in song. Real tears ran from their closed eyes and dripped onto their chests. I was elated, listening to it; and yet, somehow, I felt ashamed. It was as if the singers had taken me into their deepest and most intimate love and sorrow.”

huntingwolverines: i read this AMAZING book called shantaram...

Thu, 02 Dec 2010 15:01:25 -0500

huntingwolverines:

i read this AMAZING book called shantaram which was based in bombay. true story about this guy who escaped from an australian prison. best book i’ve ever read and i’m still grieving/inspired. impossible to put down despite its length

Sometimes

Thu, 02 Dec 2010 14:57:42 -0500

Sometimes we love with nothing more than hope. Sometimes we cry with everything except tears. In the end that’s all there is. Love and its duty, sorrow and its truth. In the end that’s all we have—to hold on tight until the dawn

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Thu, 02 Dec 2010 14:55:04 -0500

scarrynightanimal: My favourite book in the whole world (not...

Thu, 02 Dec 2010 14:52:44 -0500

scarrynightanimal:

My favourite book in the whole world (not including Harry Potter)

"She loved the guy. She did it for him. She would’ve done anything for him. Some people are like..."

Mon, 15 Nov 2010 20:29:00 -0500

““She loved the guy. She did it for him. She would’ve done anything for him. Some people are like that. Some loves are like that. Most loves are like that, from what I can see. Your heart starts to feel like an overcrowded lifeboat. You throw your pride out to keep it afloat, and your self-respect and your independence. After a while you start throwing people out—your friends, everyone you used to know. And it’s still not enough. The lifeboat is still sinking, and you know it’s going to take you down with it. I’ve seen that happen to a lot of people here. I think that’s why I’m sick of love.””

hollyonholiday: It’s forgiveness that makes us what we are....

Mon, 15 Nov 2010 20:26:36 -0500

hollyonholiday:

It’s forgiveness that makes us what we are. Without forgiveness, our species would’ve annihilated itself in endless retributions. Without forgiveness, there would be no history. Without that hope, there would be no art, for every work of art is in some way an act of forgiveness. Without that dream, there would be no love, for every act of love is in some way a promise to forgive. We live on because we can love, and we love because we can forgive.

Shantaram, Gregory David Roberts.

(via dotsdashes)

Wed, 10 Nov 2010 19:24:28 -0500

(via dotsdashes)

thomhudson: Just started reading, and I’m hooked. I love...

Wed, 10 Nov 2010 19:23:42 -0500

thomhudson:

Just started reading, and I’m hooked. I love autobiographies. First line of the novel: “It took me a long time and most of the world to learn what I know about love and fate and the choices we make, but the heart of it came to me in an instant, while I was chained to a wall being tortured”. Yeah.

fuckyeahdylanswife: I love this. I love the entire book, but...

Wed, 10 Nov 2010 19:22:36 -0500

fuckyeahdylanswife:

I love this. I love the entire book, but most of all this. Its so beautiful.

"Lovers find their way by such insights and confidences: they’re the stars we use to navigate the..."

Wed, 10 Nov 2010 19:22:22 -0500

“Lovers find their way by such insights and confidences: they’re the stars we use to navigate the ocean of desire. And the brightest of those stars are the heartbreaks and sorrows. The most precious gift you can bring to your lover is your suffering. So I took each sadness she confessed to me, and pinned it to the sky.”

- Shantaram, by Gregory David Roberts (via pari)

"So it begins, this story, like everything else- with a woman, and a city, and a little bit of luck."

Wed, 10 Nov 2010 19:22:02 -0500

“So it begins, this story, like everything else- with a woman, and a city, and a little bit of luck.”

- pg 3 of SHANTARAM by Gregory David Roberts

3 down, 930 to go… and its gonna be freakin sweet.

(via lilylallylollygagginggally)

Photo

Wed, 10 Nov 2010 19:20:15 -0500

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Wed, 10 Nov 2010 19:17:04 -0500

"Sometimes you break your heart in the right way, if you know what I mean."

Wed, 10 Nov 2010 16:19:40 -0500

“Sometimes you break your heart in the right way, if you know what I mean.”

- Gregory David Roberts (Shantaram)

sagark: Finally got to see Leopold. Home of shantaram and many...

Wed, 10 Nov 2010 16:19:25 -0500

sagark:

Finally got to see Leopold. Home of shantaram and many others

"It’s forgiveness that makes us what we are. Without forgiveness, our species would’ve annihilated..."

Wed, 10 Nov 2010 16:18:57 -0500

“It’s forgiveness that makes us what we are. Without forgiveness, our species would’ve annihilated itself in endless retributions. Without forgiveness, there would be no history. Without that hope, there would be no art, for every work of art is in some way an act of forgiveness. Without that dream, there would be no love, for every act of love is in some way a promise to forgive. We live on because we can love, and we love because we can forgive.”

- Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts (via thechocolatebrigade)