"When we kiss I see stars and he sees fireworks, which I think means we're in love because if we weren't in love we'd see things like pencils and empty ketchup bottles."

I want to be the love of your passion....but it's hopeless.

"And he gave her a dozen roses, eleven real, one fake. He gave them to her, and he told her, 'I'll love you till the last one dies.'"

Listen, and you will hear.
Hear, and you will understand.
Understand, and you will know.
Know, and you will be free.

Here it is, the truest truth I can name: I am here, and you are there.

It's not always a bad thing to be broken. When something's broken you get to see what's inside.

"In our lives, we all have three teachers, three friends, and three great loves, but we never know who they are, for they are disguised in the most complex mask the world can form."

"Music conveys emotion in every language in the universe. If it needs words to convey emotion, it is NOT music."

"Everyone attempts suicide at least three times in their lives...and eventually we all succeed."

"A dream is where a wish and a fear meet, and when the wish and the fear are the same thing, we call the dream a nightmare."

---from 'Shantaram' by Gregory David Roberts.