A figure of speech is a shifty thing; it can be twisted or it can be s…

Salman Rushdie
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A figure of speech is a shifty thing; it can be twisted or it can be straight. ✨ Salman Rushdie (1990). Haroun and the Sea of Stories, Penguin Books
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