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Salman Rushdie Quotes

Who is the madder,’ Osman the clown whispered into his
bullock's ear as he groomed it in its small byre, ‘the madwoman,
or the fool who loves the madwoman?’ The bullock didn't reply.
‘Maybe we should have stayed untouchable,’ Osman continued. ‘A compulsory ocean sounds worse than a forbidden well.’ And the
bullock nodded, twice for yes, boom, boom.

Salman Rushdie

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