"The amount of force and violence necessary to……" — Gregory David Roberts
"The amount of force and violence necessary to board the train, for example was no less and no more than the amoount of politeness and consideration necessary to ensure that the cramped journey was as pleasant as possible afterwards. What is necessary? That was the unspoken but implied, and unavoidable question everywhere in India."
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136 Quotes by Gregory David Roberts
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Be true to love where ever you find it, and be true to yourself and everything that you really are.
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Silence is the tortured man's revenge.
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I take everything personally- that's what being a person is all about.
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It isn't a secret, unless keeping it hurts.
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