Literature is the one place in any society where, within the secrecy of our own heads, we can hear voices talking about everything in every possible way.
SALMAN RUSHDIEIgnorantly 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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If you actually want to change your world, there is a better way of doing it than blowing yourself up.
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We cannot allow religious hooligans to place limiting points on thought.
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Free speech is the whole thing, the whole ball game. Free speech is life itself.
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What’s real and what’s true aren’t necessarily the same.
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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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If somebody’s trying to shut you up, sing louder, and if possible, better.
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Free speech is not just free speech for people you admire. It’s also for people who you think of as reprehensible.
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We all owe death a life.
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If you’re offended, it’s your problem.
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What one writer can make in the solitude of one room is something no power can easily destroy.
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In the cookie of life, friends are the chocolate chips.
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Friendships are the family we make – not the one we inherit. I’ve always been someone to whom friendship, elective affinities, is as important as family.
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Something was badly amiss with the spiritual life of the planet, Too many demons inside people claiming to believe in God.
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Masks beneath masks until suddenly the bare bloodless skull.
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How do you defeat terrorism? Don’t be terrorized.
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