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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.

Salman Rushdie

For every snake, there is a ladder; for every ladder, a snake.
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Advice Game Ladder Life Snake
Science fiction is always a vehicle for ideas. It’s the form which allows either movies or books to be an exploration of how we should live.
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Book Exploration Fiction Ideas Love Movie Science
If you actually want to change your world, there is a better way of doing it than blowing yourself up.
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Better Change Way World Yourself
It matters, it always matters, to name rubbish as rubbish; that to do otherwise is to legitimize it.
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Legal Name
Respect for religion’ has become a code phrase meaning ‘fear of religion.’ Religions, like all other ideas, deserve criticism, satire, and, yes, our fearless disrespect.
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Criticism Deserve Fear Religion Respect
Masks beneath masks until suddenly the bare bloodless skull.
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Blood Head Hide Mask
Self-censorship is a lie to yourself; if you are going to be trying to seriously create art, to create literary art, and you decide to hold back, to censor yourself, then you are a fool to yourself and it would be better that you kept your mouth shut and did not speak.
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Decision Lying Serious Talk Try
We are the storytelling animal.
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Animal Story Talk
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
In the waking dreams our societies permit, in our myths, our arts, our songs, we celebrate the nonbelongers, the different ones, the outlaws, the freaks.
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Art Celebration Different Dreams Law Mythology Society Song Wake Up
Ignorantly is how we all fall in love; for it is a kind of fall. Closing our eyes, we leap from that cliff in hope of a soft landing. Nor is it always soft; but still, without that leap nobody comes to life.
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Eyes Fall In Love Hope Ignorance Kind Life Soft
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
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
I write books I’d enjoy reading, I’m the reader standing behind my shoulder.
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Book Myself Reading Writing
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
We have come to think of taking offence as a fundamental right. We value very little more highly than our rage, which gives us, in our opinion, the moral high ground. From there we can shoot down at our enemies and inflict heavy fatalities.
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Enemy Fundamental heavy Offense Opinion Ourselves Thinking

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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