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Salman Rushdie Quotes

Salman Rushdie quotes

Indian Novelist, Writer June 19, 1947

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Salman Rushdie quote: "Do not contemplate what lies beyond failure while you are..."
Do not contemplate what lies beyond failure while you are still trying to succeed. Salman Rushdie
Salman Rushdie quote: "Freedom is not a tea party, India. Freedom is a war."
Freedom is not a tea party, India. Freedom is a war. Salman Rushdie
Shah Ismail had fallen victim to the rarely used, great Uzbek anti-Shiite potato and sturgeon curse, which required quantities of potatoes and caviar which were not easy to amass, and a unity of purpose among the Sunni witches which was likewise difficult to achieve. Salman Rushdie
What had been (at the beginning) no bigger than a full stop had expanded into a comma, a word, a sentence, a paragraph, a chapter; now it was bursting into more complex developments, becoming, one might say, a book - perhaps an encylopaedia - even a whole language... Salman Rushdie
Salman Rushdie quote: "Whores and writers, Mahound. We are the people you can't forgive."
Whores and writers, Mahound. We are the people you can't forgive. Salman Rushdie
Salman Rushdie quote: "I grew up kissing books and bread,"
I grew up kissing books and bread, Salman Rushdie
The response of anybody interested in liberty is that we all have a say and the ability to have an argument is exactly what liberty is, even though it may never be resolved. In any authoritarian society the possessor of power dictates, and if you try and step outside he will come after you. Salman Rushdie
Salman Rushdie quote: "Not all possibilities are open to us. The world is finite; our..."
Not all possibilities are open to us. The world is finite; our hopes spill over its rim. Salman Rushdie
Salman Rushdie quote: "Who hopes for an hour hopes for eternity. The world in an..."
Who hopes for an hour hopes for eternity. The world in an hour. What follows is unseen. Salman Rushdie
Salman Rushdie quote: "William the Conqueror, it is said, began by eating a mouthful..."
William the Conqueror, it is said, began by eating a mouthful of English sand. Salman Rushdie
Salman Rushdie quote: "History could claw upward as well as down. The powerful could..."
History could claw upward as well as down. The powerful could be deafened by the cries of the poor. Salman Rushdie
All liberty required was that the space for discourse itself be protected. Liberty lay in the argument itself, not the resolution of that argument, in the ability to quarrel, even with the most cherished beliefs of others; a free society was not placid but turbulent. The bazaar of conflicting was the place where freedom rang. Salman Rushdie
Salman Rushdie quote: "The black ice of that dark fortress received the sunlight like..."
The black ice of that dark fortress received the sunlight like a mortal wound. Salman Rushdie
Salman Rushdie quote: "The only people who see the whole picture,' he murmured, 'are..."
The only people who see the whole picture,' he murmured, 'are the ones who step out of the frame. Salman Rushdie
Salman Rushdie quote: "When thought becomes excessively painful, action is the finest..."
When thought becomes excessively painful, action is the finest remedy. Salman Rushdie

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