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Perhaps the story you finish is never the one you begin.

Salman Rushdie

He knew what he knew: that the real world was full of magic, so magical worlds could easily be real.
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Himself Magic Reality World
What kind of Christmas present would Jesus ask Santa for?
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Funny Kind Present
I stand with Charlie Hebdo, as we all must, to defend the art of satire.
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Art Defense Myself Poem Stand Support
The moment you declare a set of ideas to be immune from criticism, satire, derision, or contempt, freedom of thought becomes impossible.
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Criticism Freedom Ideas Impossible Moments Thinking
For every snake, there is a ladder; for every ladder, a snake.
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Advice Game Ladder Life Snake
From the beginning men used God to justify the unjustifiable.
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Beginning God Justice Man People
In the cookie of life, friends are the chocolate chips.
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Chocolate Friendship Life
Masks beneath masks until suddenly the bare bloodless skull.
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Blood Head Hide Mask
If you’re offended, it’s your problem.
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Offense Problem Yourself
Stories in families are colossally important. Every family has stories: some funny, some proud, some embarrassing, some shameful. Knowing them is proof of belonging to the family.
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Evidence Family Funny Important Shame Story
Even when things are at their worst, there’s a little voice in your head saying, ‘Good story!’
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Goodness Head Story Voice Worst
I’ve been worrying about God a little bit lately. It seems like he’s been in a bad mood. And I think it has to do with the quality of lovers he’s been getting.
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Bad God Himself Lover Mood Quality Worry
Religion is responsible for a lot of the problems in the history of the world and it’s not something that I practice or recommend, but to each his own.
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History Kind Man Problem Religion Responsible
We all owe death a life.
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Death Life One Liner
I didn’t become a writer to write about me.
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Myself Writing
Every time you finish a book, you have a terrible feeling that there’s just never going to be another one. But fortunately, so far, the next one has always shown up.
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Book Fortunate Terrible Time Yourself

Perhaps the story you finish is never the one you begin.

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