They lived in a great city, a metropolis of many narratives that conve…

Salman Rushdie
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They lived in a great city, a metropolis of many narratives that converged briefly and then separated for ever, discovering their different dooms in that crowd of stories through which all of us, following our own destinies, had to push and shove to find our way through, or out. ✨ Salman Rushdie (2000). The Ground Beneath Her Feet: A Novel, p.52, Macmillan
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