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title: "3 Drowning Quotes By Gregory David Roberts"
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> [at first, when we truly love someone, our greatest fear is that the loved one will stop loving us. what we should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-david-roberts/at-first-when-we-truly-love-someone-our-greatest-fear-is-that-the/)

[Gregory David Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-david-roberts/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/16b/gregory-david-roberts-1039_breasts_at-first-when-we-truly-love-someone-our_274293.jpg)

> [Do you know the story of the scorpion and the frog? You know, the frog agrees to carry the scorpion across the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-david-roberts/do-you-know-the-story-of-the-scorpion-and-the-frog-you-know-the-frog/)

[Gregory David Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-david-roberts/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f5/gregory-david-roberts-1039_agree_do-you-know-the-story-of-the-scorpion-an_1477474.jpg)

> [I still love you. And sometimes, my friend, the love that I have, and can't give to you, crushes the breath from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-david-roberts/i-still-love-you-and-sometimes-my-friend-the-love-that-i-have-and-can/)

[Gregory David Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-david-roberts/)

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## Other authors on Drowning

## More by Gregory David Roberts

> [The simple and astonishing truth about India and Indian people is that when you go there, and deal with them, your heart always guides…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-david-roberts/the-simple-and-astonishing-truth-about-india-and-indian-people-is/)

[Gregory David Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-david-roberts/)

> [I think the novel form chose me. I was a writer before I became a criminal... my first instinct was to write.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-david-roberts/i-think-the-novel-form-chose-me-i-was-a-writer-before-i-became-a/)

[Gregory David Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-david-roberts/)

> [I look back, now, and I know that the naming moment, which seemed so insignificant then, which seemed to demand no more than an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-david-roberts/i-look-back-now-and-i-know-that-the-naming-moment-which-seemed-so/)

[Gregory David Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-david-roberts/)

> [“Men are just men - it is what they do, or refuse to do, that links them to good and evil. The truth is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-david-roberts/men-are-just-men-it-is-what-they-do-or-refuse-to-do-that-links-them/)

[Gregory David Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-david-roberts/)

> [Indians are the Italians of Asia and vice versa. Every man in both countries is a singer when he is happy, and every woman…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-david-roberts/indians-are-the-italians-of-asia-and-vice-versa-every-man-in-both/)

[Gregory David Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-david-roberts/)

> [A lot of bad stuff in the world wasn’t really that bad until someone tried to change it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-david-roberts/a-lot-of-bad-stuff-in-the-world-wasn-t-really-that-bad-until-someone/)

[Gregory David Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-david-roberts/)

> [Of course I wanted to know. I was a writer. I wanted to know everything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-david-roberts/of-course-i-wanted-to-know-i-was-a-writer-i-wanted-to-know-everything/)

[Gregory David Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-david-roberts/)

> [Sometimes we love with nothing more than hope. Sometimes we cry with everything except tears.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-david-roberts/sometimes-we-love-with-nothing-more-than-hope-sometimes-we-cry-with/)

[Gregory David Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-david-roberts/)

> [Love is the passionate search for a truth other than your own; and once you feel it, honestly and completely, love is forever..](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-david-roberts/love-is-the-passionate-search-for-a-truth-other-than-your-own-and/)

[Gregory David Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-david-roberts/)

> [“I know now that it's the sweet, sweating smell of hope, which is opposite of hate; and it's the sour, stifled smell of greed,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-david-roberts/i-know-now-that-it-s-the-sweet-sweating-smell-of-hope-which-is/)

[Gregory David Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-david-roberts/)

> [I don't know what frightens me more](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-david-roberts/i-don-t-know-what-frightens-me-more/)

[Gregory David Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-david-roberts/)

> [“I hesitated. Karla once said that men reveal what they think when they look away, and what they feel when they hesitate. With women,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-david-roberts/i-hesitated-karla-once-said-that-men-reveal-what-they-think-when-they/)

[Gregory David Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-david-roberts/)

> [you can't kill love. you can't even kill it with hate. you can kill in-love, and loving, and even loveliness. you can kill them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-david-roberts/you-can-t-kill-love-you-can-t-even-kill-it-with-hate-you-can-kill-in/)

[Gregory David Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-david-roberts/)

> [Some loves are like that. Your heart starts to feel like an overcrowded lifeboat. You throw your pride out to keep it afloat, &…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-david-roberts/some-loves-are-like-that-your-heart-starts-to-feel-like-an/)

[Gregory David Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-david-roberts/)

> [I sometimes think that the size of our happiness is inversely proportional to the size of our house.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-david-roberts/i-sometimes-think-that-the-size-of-our-happiness-is-inversely/)

[Gregory David Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-david-roberts/)

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