Gregory David Roberts Quotes


The touch was exactly what the touch of a lover's hand should be: familiar, yet exciting as a whispered promise. I felt an almost irresistible urge to take her hand and place it flat against my chest, near my heart. Maybe I should've done it. I know now that she would've laughed, if I'd done it, and she would've liked me for it. But strangers that we were then, we stood for five long seconds and held the stare, while all the parallel worlds, all the parallel lives that might've been, and never would be, whirled around us.


Citations

Roberts, Gregory David. Shantaram. St. Martin's Press, 2004.

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  • Born: June 21, 1952
  • Nationality: Australian
  • Profession: Former Armed Robber, Mafia, Gun Runner Fugitive. Current

Gregory David Roberts is an Australian author best known for his novel Shantaram. He is a former heroin addict and convicted bank robber who escaped from Pentridge Prison in 1980 and fled to India, where he lived for ten years.