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Salman Rushdie Quotes

Salman Rushdie quotes

Indian Novelist, Writer June 19, 1947

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Mahound comes to me for revelation, asking me to choose between monotheist and henotheist alternatives, and I'm just some idiot actor having a bhaenchud nightmare, what the fuck do I know, yaar, what to tell you, help. Help. Salman Rushdie
Salman Rushdie quote: "She's no flibberti-gibberti mamzell, but a..."
She's no flibberti-gibberti mamzell, but a whir-stir-get-lost-sir bundla dynamite! Salman Rushdie
Salman Rushdie quote: "There is nothing like a War for the reinvention of lives..."
There is nothing like a War for the reinvention of lives... Salman Rushdie
Are you familiar," he said finally, "with the Bang?"The Big Bang?" Luka asked. "Or some other Bang I don't know about?"There was only one Bang," said Nobodaddy, "so the adjective Big is redundant and meaningless. The Bang would only be Big if there was at least one other Little or Medium-Sized or even Bigger Bang to compare it with, and to differentiate it from. Salman Rushdie
Names, once they are in common use, quickly become mere sounds, their etymology being buried, like so many of the earth's marvels, beneath the dust of habit. Salman Rushdie
A little bit of one story joins onto an idea from another, and hey presto, . . . not old tales but new ones. Nothing comes from nothing. Salman Rushdie
Salman Rushdie quote: "You can get anywhere in Pakistan if you know people, even into..."
You can get anywhere in Pakistan if you know people, even into jail. Salman Rushdie
Salman Rushdie quote: "I hate admitting that my enemies have a point."
I hate admitting that my enemies have a point. Salman Rushdie
Salman Rushdie quote: "A photograph is a moral decision taken in one eighth of a second."
A photograph is a moral decision taken in one eighth of a second. Salman Rushdie
Salman Rushdie quote: "For every snake, there is a ladder; for every ladder, a snake"
For every snake, there is a ladder; for every ladder, a snake Salman Rushdie
Salman Rushdie quote: "Why obliterate the exceptional merely in order to make the..."
Why obliterate the exceptional merely in order to make the outstanding look finer than it was? Salman Rushdie
Salman Rushdie quote: "Everything has shape, if you look for it. There is no escape..."
Everything has shape, if you look for it. There is no escape from form. Salman Rushdie
Salman Rushdie quote: "One of the things a writer is for is to say the unsayable,..."
One of the things a writer is for is to say the unsayable, speak the unspeakable and ask difficult questions. Salman Rushdie
Salman Rushdie quote: "A comfortable prison was still a prison."
A comfortable prison was still a prison. Salman Rushdie
Salman Rushdie quote: "A sigh isn't just a sigh. We inhale the world and breathe out..."
A sigh isn't just a sigh. We inhale the world and breathe out meaning. While we can. While we can. Salman Rushdie

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