Gregory David Roberts Quotes That Will Inspire You to Live Your Best Life

1. A good man is as strong as the right woman needs him to be. Shantaram

2. Happiness is a myth. It was invented to make us buy new things. Shantaram

3. One of the reasons why we crave love, and seek it so desperately, is that love is the only cure for loneliness, and shame, and sorrow. But some feelings sink so deep into the heart that only loneliness can help you find them again. Some truths about yourself are so painful that only shame can help you live with them. And some things are just so sad that only your soul can do the crying for you. Shantaram

4. 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. Shantaram

5. Some feelings sink so deep into the heart that only loneliness can help you find them again. Some truths are so painful that only shame can help you live with them. Some things are so sad that only your soul can do the crying for them. Shantaram

6. Sometimes we love with nothing more than hope. Sometimes we cry with everything except tears. Shantaram

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

8. There is no man, and no place, without war. The only thing we can do is choose a side, and fight. That is the only choice we get - who we fight for, who we fight against. That is life. Shantaram