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Every virtuous act is inspired by a dark secret· Shantaram“Evil is the root of all money.”· ShantaramFanaticism is the opposite of love· ShantaramFate always gives you two choices: the one you should take, and the one you do· ShantaramFate gives all of us three teachers, three friends, three enemies, and three great loves· ShantaramFate needs accomplices· Shantaram“Fate’s way of beating us in a fair fight is to give us warnings that we hear, but never heed”· ShantaramFor so long as fate keeps waiting, we live on· ShantaramFriendship is also a kind of medicine· ShantaramGod is impossible. That is the first proof that He exists.· Shantaram“Guilt is the hilt of the knife that we use on ourselves”· Shantaram“Happiness is a myth. It was invented to make us buy things.”· ShantaramHero curse· ShantaramHeroin is a sensory deprivation tank for the soul· ShantaramI have become my fate· Shantaram“I will live and I will die for this love”· ShantaramIf we envy someone for all the right reasons, we're half way to wisdom· Shantaram“If you make your heart into a weapon, you always end up using it on yourself.”· ShantaramIt takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place· ShantaramJustice is a judgement that is both fair and forgiving· ShantaramKabul is the heart, but Kandahar is the soul of Afghanistan· ShantaramLight is the language of God· ShantaramLove goes on forever· ShantaramLove is a way of earning the future· ShantaramLove is the opposite of power· ShantaramLove makes men big, and hate makes them small· ShantaramMan of peace· ShantaramMen wage wars for profit and principle, but fight them for land and women· Shantaram“Mistakes are like bad loves”· Shantaram“My hate is my hero.”· ShantaramNo love, is no life· Shantaram“No man is saved without love”· Shantaram“Nobody gets what they want.”· Shantaram“Our suffering is our religion”· ShantaramOut there, where the light stops· ShantaramPoverty and pride are devoted blood brothers· ShantaramPride goeth before destruction· Shantaram“Prisons are the temples where devils learn to prey”· Shantaram“Real suffering is measured by what’s taken away from us”· ShantaramRed-lining our lives· ShantaramSadness is my one and my only art· ShantaramSometimes, in India, you have to surrender before you win· ShantaramSometimes the lion must roar, just to remind the horse of his fear· ShantaramStrong men make their own luck· Shantaram“Such is life.”· Shantaram“Suffering is happiness, backwards”· Shantaram“Suffering is the truth. Not suffering is the lie.”· Shantaram“The amount of sin that is in the crime”· ShantaramThe Borsalino hat test· ShantaramThe business of big politics and the politics of big business· ShantaramThe end mirrors the beginning· ShantaramThe freedom to say yes· ShantaramThe freedom to say no· Shantaram“The heart is king”· Shantaram“The hero curse”· ShantaramThe last light lost is the light of love· ShantaramThe lies we tell ourselves are the ghosts that haunt the empty house of midnight· ShantaramThe only kingdom that makes any man a king is the kingdom of his own soul· ShantaramThe past is a speaking shadow· Shantaram“The power that crushes us, or our endless ability to endure it”· ShantaramThe river of the heart· ShantaramThe sane man is simply a better liar than the insane man· ShantaramThe secret gallery· ShantaramThe soul has no culture· Shantaram“The tendency toward complexity”· Shantaram“The three big questions”· ShantaramThe truth is a bully we all pretend to like· ShantaramThe truth is found more often in music than in books of philosophy· ShantaramThe wheel has moved through one full turn· Shantaram“The world is run by one million evil men, ten million stupid men, and a hundred million cowards”· ShantaramThe worst good smell in the world· ShantaramThe wrong thing, for the right reasons· ShantaramThere are no good men, or bad men· ShantaramThere is no god but God· Shantaram“There is only love”· ShantaramWe all attempt suicide several times in our lives, and sooner or later we all succeed· ShantaramWe are the not-people· Shantaram“We carry oceans inside of us”· ShantaramWe come from God, and unto God do we return· Shantaram“We live on because we can love, and we love because we can forgive”· Shantaram“When greed meets control, you get a black market.”· Shantaram“Ye duniya, ye mehfil · Mere kam, ki nahi…”· Shantaram“You are not a man until you give your love, truly and freely, to a child”· ShantaramYou can’t kill love· ShantaramYou can’t serve God with a gun· ShantaramYou Really Got Me· ShantaramA closed system with no escape· Three SecondsClosed market· Three SecondsEverybody's Somebody's Fool· Three SecondsHe is a dead man· Three SecondsI won't carry the guilt. Not anymore. Not again.· Three SecondsLegitimate murder· Three SecondsNot dying yet· Three SecondsOne shot, one hit· Three SecondsOnly a criminal can play a criminal· Three SecondsSoft target· Three SecondsStukatj· Three SecondsThe gray zone· Three SecondsThe hole on the bookshelf· Three SecondsThe truth was laughing at him· Three Seconds