Rushdie

Famous quotes containing the word rushdie:

“The idea of the sacred is quite simply one of the most conservative notions in any culture, because it seeks to turn other ideas—uncertainty, progress, change—into crimes.”
—Salman Rushdie (b. 1947)

“Your blasphemy, Salman, can’t be forgiven.... To set your words against the Words of God.”
—Salman Rushdie (b. 1948)

“One of the extraordinary things about human events is that the unthinkable becomes thinkable.”
—Salman Rushdie (b. 1948)