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For every snake, there is a ladder; for every ladder, a snake.

Salman Rushdie

I have always thought that these two ways of talking, one is the fantastic, the fable, the fairy tale, and the other being history, the scholarly study of what happened, I think they’re both amazing ways to understand human nature.
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Fairy Tale Fantasy Human Myself Talk Thinking Understand Way
I write books I’d enjoy reading, I’m the reader standing behind my shoulder.
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Book Myself Reading Writing
Between the adored and the adorer falls the shadow.
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Admire Fall Fame Shadow
Liberate yourself, because no one else is going to liberate you.
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Freedom Liberty Yourself
What kind of Christmas present would Jesus ask Santa for?
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Funny Kind Present
Faith without doubt is addiction.
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Addiction Doubt Faith
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
Of course, there is nothing intrinsic linking any religion with any act of violence. The crusades don’t prove that Christianity was violent. The Inquisition doesn’t prove that Christianity tortures people. But that Christianity did torture people.
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Act Link People Religion Terrorism Torture Violence
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.
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God Name Problem Religious World
My horizon’s have shrunk and I have only endings to write.
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End Limitation Myself Restriction Write
Once you put a thought into the world, it can be disagreed with, but it can’t be unthought.
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Thinking World Yourself
It seems that the right of freedom of speech that was enshrined in numerous constitutions is now under attack by religious institutions.
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Constitution Freedom Religious Right Talk
The lessons one learns at school are not always the ones the school thinks it’s teaching.
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Education Learning Lesson Oneself Teaching Thinking
How do you defeat terrorism? Don’t be terrorized.
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Deep Defeat Fear Terrorism Yourself
You can find shame in every house, burning in an ashtray, hanging framed upon a wall, covering a bed. But nobody notices it any more.
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Bed Frame Hang Home Notice Shame Wall
Free speech is the whole thing, the whole ball game. Free speech is life itself.
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Freedom Game Life Talk

For every snake, there is a ladder; for every ladder, a snake.

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