--- title: "18 Way Quotes By Gregory David Roberts" description: "18 Way quotes by Gregory David Roberts. Plus more from Gregory David Roberts and more Way sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/769/gregory-david-roberts-1039_feels_men-reveal-what-they-think-when-they-loo_2645269.png" --- > [Men reveal what they think when they look away, and what they feel when they hesitate. With women, it's the other way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-david-roberts/men-reveal-what-they-think-when-they-look-away-and-what-they-feel/) [Gregory David Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-david-roberts/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/769/gregory-david-roberts-1039_feels_men-reveal-what-they-think-when-they-loo_2645269.png) > [Sometimes you break your heart in the right way, if you know what I mean.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-david-roberts/sometimes-you-break-your-heart-in-the-right-way-if-you-know-what-i/) [Gregory David Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-david-roberts/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/781/gregory-david-roberts-1039_break_sometimes-you-break-your-heart-in-the-ri_2815436.png) > [The more you try to be like someone else, the more you find yourself standing in the way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-david-roberts/the-more-you-try-to-be-like-someone-else-the-more-you-find-yourself/) [Gregory David Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-david-roberts/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2aa/gregory-david-roberts-1039_finding-yourself_the-more-you-try-to-be-like-someone-else_2740814.png) > [Love is a one-way street. Love, like respect isn't something you get; it's something you give](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-david-roberts/love-is-a-one-way-street-love-like-respect-isn-t-something-you-get-it/) [Gregory David Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-david-roberts/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f03/gregory-david-roberts-1039_giving_love-is-a-one-way-street-love-like-respe_741445.png) > [justice is not only the way we punish those who do wrong. It is also the way we try to save them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-david-roberts/justice-is-not-only-the-way-we-punish-those-who-do-wrong-it-is-also/) [Gregory David Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-david-roberts/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fba/gregory-david-roberts-1039_crime_justice-is-not-only-the-way-we-punish-th_2627523.png) > [If we can't respect the way we earn it, money has no value. If we can't use it to make life better…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-david-roberts/if-we-can-t-respect-the-way-we-earn-it-money-has-no-value-if-we-can-t/) [Gregory David Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-david-roberts/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c47/gregory-david-roberts-1039_family_if-we-can-t-respect-the-way-we-earn-it-m_829738.png) > [Optimism is the first cousin of love, and it's exactly like love in three ways: it's pushy, it has no real sense…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-david-roberts/optimism-is-the-first-cousin-of-love-and-it-s-exactly-like-love-in/) [Gregory David Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-david-roberts/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de1/gregory-david-roberts-1039_cousin_optimism-is-the-first-cousin-of-love-and_345516.png) > [But the soul has no culture. The soul has no nations. The soul has no colour or accent or way of life.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-david-roberts/but-the-soul-has-no-culture-the-soul-has-no-nations-the-soul-has-no/) [Gregory David Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-david-roberts/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a9e/gregory-david-roberts-1039_accents_but-the-soul-has-no-culture-the-soul-has_382709.jpg) > [Nothing in the world is so soft and pleasing to the touch, as the skin of a woman's thigh. No flower, feather…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-david-roberts/nothing-in-the-world-is-so-soft-and-pleasing-to-the-touch-as-the-skin/) [Gregory David Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-david-roberts/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/995/gregory-david-roberts-1039_beautiful_nothing-in-the-world-is-so-soft-and-plea_2229275.jpg) > [There's a kind of luck that's not much more than being in the right place at the right time, a kind of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-david-roberts/there-s-a-kind-of-luck-that-s-not-much-more-than-being-in-the-right/) [Gregory David Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-david-roberts/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be4/gregory-david-roberts-1039_ambition_there-s-a-kind-of-luck-that-s-not-much-m_2474769.jpg) > [A wise man once told me- he’s a muslim by the way- that he has more in common with a jew than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-david-roberts/a-wise-man-once-told-me-he-s-a-muslim-by-the-way-that-he-has-more-in/) [Gregory David Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-david-roberts/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/195/gregory-david-roberts-1039_atheist_a-wise-man-once-told-me-he-s-a-muslim-by_941871.png) > [Its a fact of being in love that we often pay no attention whatsoever to the substance of what a lover says,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-david-roberts/its-a-fact-of-being-in-love-that-we-often-pay-no-attention-whatsoever/) [Gregory David Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-david-roberts/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd1/gregory-david-roberts-1039_anguish_its-a-fact-of-being-in-love-that-we-ofte_920285.png) > [Justice is a judgement that is both fair and forgiving. Justice is not done until everyone is satisfied, even those who offend…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-david-roberts/justice-is-a-judgement-that-is-both-fair-and-forgiving-justice-is-not/) [Gregory David Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-david-roberts/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b2c/gregory-david-roberts-1039_boys_justice-is-a-judgement-that-is-both-fair_2504348.jpg) > [I think the future is like anything else that's important. It has to be earned. If we don't earn it, we don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-david-roberts/i-think-the-future-is-like-anything-else-that-s-important-it-has-to/) [Gregory David Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-david-roberts/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab1/gregory-david-roberts-1039_deserve_i-think-the-future-is-like-anything-else_878670.jpg) > [It's forgiveness that makes us what we are. Without forgiveness, our species would've annihilated itself in endless retributions. Without forgiveness, there would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-david-roberts/it-s-forgiveness-that-makes-us-what-we-are-without-forgiveness-our/) [Gregory David Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-david-roberts/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc1/gregory-david-roberts-1039_acts-of-love_it-s-forgiveness-that-makes-us-what-we-a_1201916.png) > [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) > [But in a way you can say that after leaving the sea, after all those millions of years of living inside of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-david-roberts/but-in-a-way-you-can-say-that-after-leaving-the-sea-after-all-those/) [Gregory David Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-david-roberts/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ebd/gregory-david-roberts-1039_baby_but-in-a-way-you-can-say-that-after-leav_2428394.jpg) > [There's a truth deeper than experience. It's beyond what we see, or even what we feel. It's an order of truth that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-david-roberts/there-s-a-truth-deeper-than-experience-it-s-beyond-what-we-see-or/) [Gregory David Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-david-roberts/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55f/gregory-david-roberts-1039_clever_there-s-a-truth-deeper-than-experience-i_720161.jpg) ## Other authors on Way ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/way/gregory-david-roberts/#itemlist", "name": "18 Way Quotes By Gregory David Roberts", "numberOfItems": 18, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Men reveal what they think when they look away, and what they feel when they hesitate. 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