Before I came to England, my favorite authors were P. G. Wodehouse and…

Salman Rushdie
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Before I came to England, my favorite authors were P. G. Wodehouse and Agatha Christie. I used to devour both.
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After a long, hopeless war, people will settle for peace, at almost any price.
Names, once they are in common use, quickly become mere sounds, their etymology being buried, like so many of the earth's marvels, beneath the dust of habit. ✨ Salman Rushdie (1989). The Satanic Vers … ▶
Writers and politicians are natural rivals. Both groups try to make the world in their own images; they fight for the same territory.
If you actually want to change your world, there is a better way of doing it than blowing yourself up.
Language upon a silvered tongue affords enchantment enough. ✨ Salman Rushdie (2008). The Enchantress of Florence, p.75, Random House

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