Language is courage: the ability to conceive a thought, to speak it, a…

Salman Rushdie
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Language is courage: the ability to conceive a thought, to speak it, and by doing so to make it true. ✨ Salman Rushdie (1989). The Satanic Verses, New York, N.Y. : Viking
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