"Freedom is that instant between when someone tells you to do something and when you decide how to respond."
~Dr. Jeffrey Borenstein
It took me a long time and most of the world to learn what I know about love and fate and the choices we make, but the heart of it came to me in an instant, while I was chained to a wall and being tortured. I realised, somehow, through the screaming in my mind, that even in that shackled, bloody helplessness, I was still free: free to hate the men who were torturing me, or to forgive them. It doesn't sound like much, I know. But in the flinch and bite of the chain, when it's all you've got, that freedom is a universe of possibility. And the choice you make, between hating and forgiving, can become the story of your life.
-Linbaba, "Shantaram"
2 comments:
what page are you on? what page was that quote?
and which actors are you visualizing as Lin in your producer's mind?
Also, would you have a casting couch?
Well I suppose I'm visualizing Johnny Depp since that's who is allegedly playing Linbaba in the film. Not sure how official that is.
I haven't gotten very far - I'm very behind on my reading. Hoping to catch up over the holiday.
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