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What do you most value in your friends?Their continued existence. — Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22: A Memoir
What do you most value in your friends?Their continued existence. — Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22: A Memoir
He did not wish to be divine. If there had never been a God, the emperor thought, it might have been easier to work out — Salman Rushdie, The Enchantress of Florence
He did not wish to be divine. If there had never been a God, the emperor thought, it might have been easier to work out — Salman Rushdie, The Enchantress of Florence
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 — Salman Rushdie, The Satanic Verses
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 — Salman Rushdie, The Satanic Verses
Books choose their authors — the act of creation is not entirely a rational and conscious one.
Books choose their authors — the act of creation is not entirely a rational and conscious one.
In a public dialogue with Salman in London he [Edward Said] had once described the Palestinian plight as one where his p — Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22: A Memoir
In a public dialogue with Salman in London he [Edward Said] had once described the Palestinian plight as one where his p — Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22: A Memoir
She allowed history to leave her without trying to hold it back, the way children allow a grand parade to pass, holding — Salman Rushdie, Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights
She allowed history to leave her without trying to hold it back, the way children allow a grand parade to pass, holding — Salman Rushdie, Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights
Among the great struggles of man-good/evil, reason/unreason, etc.-there is also this mighty conflict between the fantasy — Salman Rushdie
Among the great struggles of man-good/evil, reason/unreason, etc.-there is also this mighty conflict between the fantasy — Salman Rushdie
Reality is a question of perspective; the further you get from the past, the more concrete and plausible it seems - but — Salman Rushdie, Midnight's Children
Reality is a question of perspective; the further you get from the past, the more concrete and plausible it seems - but — Salman Rushdie, Midnight's Children
..now, seated hunched over paper in a pool of Anglepoised light, I no longer want to be anything except what who I am. W — Salman Rushdie
..now, seated hunched over paper in a pool of Anglepoised light, I no longer want to be anything except what who I am. W — Salman Rushdie
On page 605, Blumenthal says that 'I made friends with Hitchens's friends the novelists Martin Amis and Salman Rushdie.' — Christopher Hitchens
On page 605, Blumenthal says that 'I made friends with Hitchens's friends the novelists Martin Amis and Salman Rushdie.' — Christopher Hitchens
Your potentials are called POTENTIALS because they are POTENT. Don't make them IMPOTENT by being IMPATIENT. Make an IMPA — Israelmore Ayivor, The Great Hand Book of Quotes
Your potentials are called POTENTIALS because they are POTENT. Don't make them IMPOTENT by being IMPATIENT. Make an IMPA — Israelmore Ayivor, The Great Hand Book of Quotes
To take a side against Rushdie, or to be neutral and evasive about him in the name of some vaguely sensitive ecumenical — Christopher Hitchens
To take a side against Rushdie, or to be neutral and evasive about him in the name of some vaguely sensitive ecumenical — Christopher Hitchens
The moment you say that any idea system is sacred, whether it’s a religious belief system or a secular ideology, the mom — Salman Rushdie
The moment you say that any idea system is sacred, whether it’s a religious belief system or a secular ideology, the mom — Salman Rushdie
From birds she learned how to sing — from cats she learned a form of dangerous independence.
From birds she learned how to sing — from cats she learned a form of dangerous independence.
Ravings, in short, jealousy of the past, the worst kind of all. — Salman Rushdie, The Satanic Verses
Ravings, in short, jealousy of the past, the worst kind of all. — Salman Rushdie, The Satanic Verses
...what a leveller this remote-control gizmo was...it chopped down the heavyweight and stretched out the slight until al — Salman Rushdie, The Satanic Verses
...what a leveller this remote-control gizmo was...it chopped down the heavyweight and stretched out the slight until al — Salman Rushdie, The Satanic Verses