I was 21 in 1968, so I'm as much a child of the '60s as is possible to…

Salman Rushdie
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I was 21 in 1968, so I'm as much a child of the '60s as is possible to be. In those years the subject of religion had really almost disappeared; the idea that religion was going to be a major force in the life of our societies, in the West anyway, would have seemed absurd in 1968.
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When thought becomes excessively painful, action is the finest remedy. ✨ Salman Rushdie (2010). Midnight's Children, p.497, Random House
I would argue that religion comes from a desire to get to the questions of, 'Where do we come from?' and 'How shall we live?' And I would say I don't need religion to answer those questions.
One minute you've got a lucky star watching over you and the next instant it's done a bunk. ✨ Salman Rushdie (1990). Haroun and the Sea of Stories, Penguin Books
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I was 21 in 1968, so I'm as much a child of the '60s as is possible to be. In those years the subject of religion had really almost disappeared; the idea that religion was going to be a major force in the life of our societies, in the West anyway, would have seemed absurd in 1968.

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