In the waking dreams our societies permit, in our myths, our arts, our…

Salman Rushdie
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In the waking dreams our societies permit, in our myths, our arts, our songs, we celebrate the nonbelongers, the different ones, the outlaws, the freaks. ✨ Salman Rushdie (2000). The Ground Beneath Her Feet: A Novel, p.73, Macmillan
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In the waking dreams our societies permit, in our myths, our arts, our songs, we celebrate the nonbelongers, the different ones, the outlaws, the freaks. ✨ Salman Rushdie (2000). The Ground Beneath Her Feet: A Novel, p.73, Macmillan

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