Exile is a dream of a glorious return. Exile is a vision of revolution…

Salman Rushdie
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Exile is a dream of a glorious return. Exile is a vision of revolution: Elba, not St Helena. It is an endless paradox: looking forward by always looking back. The exile is a ball hurled high into the air. ✨ Salman Rushdie (1989). The Satanic Verses, New York, N.Y. : Viking
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Exile is a dream of a glorious return. Exile is a vision of revolution: Elba, not St Helena. It is an endless paradox: looking forward by always looking back. The exile is a ball hurled high into the air. ✨ Salman Rushdie (1989). The Satanic Verses, New York, N.Y. : Viking

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