“Looking at all the people, listening to the breathing, heaving, laughing, struggling music of the slum, all around me, I remembered one of Khaderbhai’s favorite phrases. Every human heartbeat, he’d said many times, is a universe of possibilities. And it seemed to me that I finally understood exactly what he’d meant. He’d been trying to tell me that every human will has the power to transform its fate. I’d always thought that fate was something unchangeable: fixed for every one of us at birth, and as constant as the circuit of the stars. But I suddenly realized that life is stranger and more beautiful than that. The truth is that, no matter what kind of game you find yourself in, no matter how good or bad the luck, you can change your life completely with a single thought or a single act of love.”
Finally finished this behemoth novel, which is essentially an autobiography but I think Roberts is being modest. Such a beautiful writer, I only dream to be able to describe life's twists and turns using words like he does. So many of the accounts in this book have changed my perspective on life. I don't know how else to put it, other than life-changing. I wish everyone would read this.
No comments:
Post a Comment