I had become a kind of information magpie, gathering to myself all manner of shiny scraps of fact and hokum and books and art-history and politics and music and film, and developing, too, a certain skill in manipulating and arranging these pitiful shards so that they glittered and caught the light. Fool's gold, or priceless nuggets mined from my singular childhood's rich bohemian seam? I leave it to others to decide. β¨ Salman Rushdie (2011). The Moor's Last Sigh, p.240, Random House
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- I think the veil is a way of taking power away from women. β¨ Rushdie backs Straw in row over Muslim veils by Riazat Butt, www.theguardian.com. October 11, 2006.
- In Iran, fundamentalism was fuelled to an extent by the regime of the Shah being supported by the West.
- If I were dead, then nobody in England would have to fuss about the cost of my security and whether or not I merited such special treatment for so long.
- [...] the inevitable triumph of illusion over reality that was the single most obvious truth about the history of the human race [...] β¨ Shalimar the Clown. Book by Salman Rushdie, books.google.ru. O β¦ βΆ
- Language upon a silvered tongue affords enchantment enough. β¨ Salman Rushdie (2008). The Enchantress of Florence, p.75, Random House
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