For every snake, there is a ladder; for every ladder, a snake.
SALMAN RUSHDIEAmong the great struggles of man-good/evil, reason/unreason, etc.-there is also this mighty conflict between the fantasy of Home and the fantasy of Away, the dream of roots and the mirage of the journey.
More Salman Rushdie Quotes
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We are the storytelling animal.
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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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Even when things are at their worst, there’s a little voice in your head saying, ‘Good story!’
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How do you defeat terrorism? Don’t be terrorized.
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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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What I do think is evident is that those countries in the world where Islamic extremism has recovered the most power, those are also the countries which are most disliked.
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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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Too many people spouting too many words, and in the end those words will turn to bullets and stones.
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Masks beneath masks until suddenly the bare bloodless skull.
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If you’re offended, it’s your problem.
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People can do bad things with free speech as well as good. You have to defend the Ku Klux Klan as well as Martin Luther King. It’s like that. If you’re going to defend the principle, then you have to defend people who use the principle badly.
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One of the strange things about violent and authoritarian regimes is they don’t like the glare of negative publicity.
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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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What’s real and what’s true aren’t necessarily the same.
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Until you know who you are you can’t write.
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