One of the extraordinary things about human events is that the unthink…

Salman Rushdie
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One of the extraordinary things about human events is that the unthinkable becomes thinkable. ✨ Salman Rushdie, Michael Reder (2000). Conversations with Salman Rushdie, p.10, Univ. Press of Mississippi
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One of the extraordinary things about human events is that the unthinkable becomes thinkable. ✨ Salman Rushdie, Michael Reder (2000). Conversations with Salman Rushdie, p.10, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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