From the beginning men used God to justify the unjustifiable.
SALMAN RUSHDIE
If you actually want to change your world, there is a better way of doing it than blowing yourself up.
More Salman Rushdie Quotes
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From the beginning men used God to justify the unjustifiable.
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It is very, very easy not to be offended by a book. You just have to shut it.
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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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Too many people spouting too many words, and in the end those words will turn to bullets and stones.
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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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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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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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Masks beneath masks until suddenly the bare bloodless skull.
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Reality is a question of perspective.
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Between the adored and the adorer falls the shadow.
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We all owe death a life.
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An attack upon our ability to tell stories is not just censorship – it is a crime against our nature as human beings.
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We were language’s magpies by nature, stealing whatever sounded bright and shiny.
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The only people who see the whole picture,’ he murmured, ‘are the ones who step out of the frame.
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