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“The only victory that really counts in prison is survival. But survival means more than simply being alive. It's not just the body that must survive a jail term; the spirit and the will and the heart have to make it through as well. If any one of them is broken or destroyed, the man whose living body walks through the gate, at the end of his sentence, can't be said to have survived it. And it's for those small victories of the heart, and the spirit, and the will that we sometimes risk the body that cradles them.”

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Gregory David Roberts

Gregory David Roberts is an Australian author best known for his autobiographical novel 'The Shawshank Redemption.' This novel was later adapted into a successful film, becoming a classic. Born on June 1, 1952, Roberts' life has been marked by adventure and challenge. more

“There is nothing so depressing as good advice, and I will be pleased if you do not inflict it upon me. Frankly, I am shocked at you. You must know this, surely? Some years ago I suffered such an offensively gratuitous piece of good advice that I was depressed for six months afterward. It was a very close call - I almost never recovered.”

Ifs Knows Years Pieces Advice Months Six Years Ago Depressing Shocked Six Months Good Advice Close Calls

Book:Shantaram: A Novel

Source: Shantaram: A Novel

“One, what would happen if everyone did this thing? Two, would this help or hinder the movement toward universal ultimate complexity?”

Ifs Two Helping Happens Movement Ultimate Universal Complexity Hinder

Author:Gregory David Roberts

“Praising people behind their back is monstrously unfair, because the one thing you can't defend yourself against is the good that people say about you.”

People Behinds One Thing Praise Unfair Shantaram

Book:Shantaram

Source: Shantaram

“There's a theory that snoring at night in sleep is a subconscious defence reflex-a warning sound that frightened potential predators away from the mouth of the cave when our lower-paleolithic ancestors huddled in vulnerable sleep. That group of nomads, cameleers, sheep and goat herders, farmers, and guerilla fighters lent credibility to the idea, for they snored so thunderously and with such persistent ferocity through the long, cold night that they would've frightened a pride of ravenous lions into scattering like startled mice.”