The acceptance that all that is solid has melted into the air, that re…

Salman Rushdie
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The acceptance that all that is solid has melted into the air, that reality and morality are not givens but imperfect human constructs, is the point from which fiction begins. ✨ Salman Rushdie (1990). Is nothing sacred?, Penguin (Non-Classics)
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