And we are crying the oceans, in our tears. We carry oceans inside of us, in our blood and our sweat. Our blood and our sweating, they are both salty, almost exactly like the water from the sea is salty. Author Gregory David Roberts’s epic 936-page novel Shantaram is among the latest novels to evolve from page to screen becoming an Apple TV+ drama series of the same title starring Charlie Hunnam. That water inside her body is almost exactly the same as the water of the sea. When a woman makes a baby, she gives it water, inside her body, to grow in.
‘But in a way you can say that after leaving the sea, after all those millions of years of living inside of the sea, we took the ocean with us. I held my breath, afraid that any sound might interrupt his musing. Then, a few hundred million years ago, maybe a little more-just a little while, really, in the big history of the Earth-the living things began to be living on the land, as well.’ I was frowning and smiling at the same time, surprised and bewildered. ‘And for almost all of that long time, all the living things were water things, living inside the sea. Probably near hot places, like volcanoes, under the sea.’ I turned to look at him. ‘About four thousand million years before now. Goodreads members voted Shantaram into the following lists: Best Books of the Decade: 2000s, Best Books Ever, Books That Everyone Should Read At Least On. Title: Shantaram Author: Gregory David Roberts Publisher: Pan Macmillan Australia ISBN: 9781742611075 Length: 6.4 centimetre Width: 13.
“Our life, it probably began inside of the ocean,’ Johnny said quietly.
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