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June 19, 2019June 19, 2019 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

“Literature is where I go to explore the highest and lowest places in human society and in the human spirit, where I hope to find not absolute truth but the truth of the tale, of the imagination of the heart.”

  Happy birthday, Salman Rushdie! 72, today! Here are some quotes from his books and interviews. “Go for broke. Always…

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