Writer - Gregory David Roberts
Just started reading this book and the initial reaction is euphoric. The pace is just right and so is the writing. Not the ideal time to review the book but I'll just jot down some of the fantastic lines that i have read so far.
1) Civilization after all is defined by what we forbid, more than what we permit.
2) The truth is a bully we all pretend to like.
3) Most loves are like that Your heart starts to feel like an over-crowded 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.
4) What we call cowardice is often just another name for being taken by surprise and courage is seldom any better than simply being well prepared.
5) The facts of life are very simple. In the beginning we feared everything - animals, the weather, the trees, the night sky - everything except each other.
The book is full of so many other beuatiful one liners.
Now that i have finished reading the book i am going to reccommend this book to anyone who bothers to listen to my opinion. Its a great book with the length and the writer's obsession into detailing being the only hindrances. But you can skip that enjoy the book right till the last page. Believe me, there is something or the other going on even till the last page.
Grab a copy folks........you wont regret it.
Update:
Some more quotes as I re-read the book
Just started reading this book and the initial reaction is euphoric. The pace is just right and so is the writing. Not the ideal time to review the book but I'll just jot down some of the fantastic lines that i have read so far.
1) Civilization after all is defined by what we forbid, more than what we permit.
2) The truth is a bully we all pretend to like.
3) Most loves are like that Your heart starts to feel like an over-crowded 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.
4) What we call cowardice is often just another name for being taken by surprise and courage is seldom any better than simply being well prepared.
5) The facts of life are very simple. In the beginning we feared everything - animals, the weather, the trees, the night sky - everything except each other.
The book is full of so many other beuatiful one liners.
Now that i have finished reading the book i am going to reccommend this book to anyone who bothers to listen to my opinion. Its a great book with the length and the writer's obsession into detailing being the only hindrances. But you can skip that enjoy the book right till the last page. Believe me, there is something or the other going on even till the last page.
Grab a copy folks........you wont regret it.
Update:
Some more quotes as I re-read the book
- Fate always gives you two choices, the one you should take, and the one you do.
- Some feelings sink so deep into the heart that only loneliness can help you find them again.
- The sane man is simply a better liar than an insane man.
- Happiness is a myth, which was invented to make us buy things.
- The difference between news and gossip-News tells you what people did, gossip tells you how much they enjoyed it.
- If fate doesn't make you laugh, then you don't get the joke.
- One of the ironies of courage, and the reason why we prize it so highly, is that we find it easier to be brave for someone else than we do for ourselves alone.
- Luck is what happens to you when fate gets tired of waiting
- Sometimes the lion must roar, just to remind the horse of his fear.
- A politician is someone who promises you a bridge, even when there is no river.
1 comment:
Hey Pam,
Great that you brought this, even I've register on the same to keep my poetry aloof,
about the Book - will try reading it
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