The liveliness of literature lies in its exceptionality, in being the individual, idiosyncratic vision of one human being, in which, to our delight and great surprise, we may find our own vision reflected. -Salman Rushdie

 

The liveliness of literature lies in its exceptionality, in being the individual, idiosyncratic vision of one human being, in which, to our delight and great surprise, we may find our own vision reflected.


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A book is a version of the world. If you do not like it, ignore it; or offer your own version in return.

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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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Literature is where I go to explore the highest and lowest places in human society and in the human spirit, where I hope to find not absolute truth but the truth of the tale, of the imagination and of the heart. -Salman Rushdie
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What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist.

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When thought becomes excessively painful, action is the finest remedy.

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If I were asked for a one-sentence sound bite on religion, I would say I was against it. -Salman Rushdie
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I hate admitting that my enemies have a point.

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