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Salman Rushdie Quotes

Salman Rushdie quotes

Indian Novelist, Writer June 19, 1947

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All migrants leave their pasts behind, although some try to pack it into bundles and boxes-but on the journey something seeps out of the treasured mementoes and old photographs, until even their owners fail to recognize them, because it is the fate of migrants to be stripped of history, to stand naked amidst the scorn of strangers upon whom they see rich clothing, the brocades of continuity and the eyebrows of belonging.. Salman Rushdie
Salman Rushdie quote: "The lessons one learns at school are not always the ones the..."
The lessons one learns at school are not always the ones the school thinks it's teaching. Salman Rushdie
Hey you, long face,' shouted an elderly gent who must have been at least seventy years old, but who was dancing through the flooded, rainy streets, waving a rolled umbrella like a sword. 'Don't you sing those Tragedy Songs round here. Salman Rushdie
Salman Rushdie quote: "If by some bizarre chance there turns out to be a god [...],..."
If by some bizarre chance there turns out to be a god [...], I'm willing to bet he's an atheist too. Salman Rushdie
A poet's work is to name the unnameable, to point at frauds, to take sides, start arguments, shape the world, and stop it going to sleep. Salman Rushdie
Salman Rushdie quote: "A book is not completed till it's read."
A book is not completed till it's read. Salman Rushdie
So India’s problem turns out to be the world’s problem. What happened in India has happened in God’s name. The problem’s name is God. Salman Rushdie
Salman Rushdie quote: "I do not need the idea of God to explain the world I live in."
I do not need the idea of God to explain the world I live in. Salman Rushdie
But there's one thing we must all be clear about: terrorism is not the pursuit of legitimate goals by some sort of illegitimate means. Whatever the murderers may be trying to achieve, creating a better world certainly isn't one of their goals. Instead they are out to murder innocent people. Salman Rushdie
I don't like books that play to the gallery, but I've become more concerned with telling a story as clearly and engagingly as I can. Salman Rushdie
When...did it become irrational to dislike religion, any religion, even to dislike it vehemently? When did reason get redescribed as unreason? When were the fairy stories of the superstitious placed above criticism, beyond satire? A religion was not a race. It was an idea, and ideas stood (or fell) because they were strong enough (or too weak) to withstand criticism, not because they were shielded from it. Strong ideas welcomed dissent. Salman Rushdie
Salman Rushdie quote: "A man who catches History's eye is thereafter bound to a..."
A man who catches History's eye is thereafter bound to a mistress from whom he will never escape. Salman Rushdie
Salman Rushdie quote: "In the end, you write the book that grabs you by the throat..."
In the end, you write the book that grabs you by the throat and demands to be written. Salman Rushdie
Salman Rushdie quote: "Women have made me; and also unmade."
Women have made me; and also unmade. Salman Rushdie
Salman Rushdie quote: "The ruthlessness of the godly invalidated their claims of virtue."
The ruthlessness of the godly invalidated their claims of virtue. Salman Rushdie

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