Salman Rushdie Quote

In a sea of human beings, it is difficult, at times even impossible, to see the human as being.

History in its broadest aspect is a record of man's migrations from one environment to another.

When this flood blocks the road I am worried more by my soil getting washed, than by getting late to reach my destination.

I didn't know where it would lead. I wanted things to develop naturally.

paradise seemed further away than India, but Hell had become a bit closer

Modern life is a centrifuge; it throws people in every direction.

Charles Martel’s victory at the Battle of Tours in 732 is recognised for having prevented the spread of Islam throughout Europe.

All sorts of strange people were around, people who looked more at home than she was, even the homeless ones who spoke no English, more at home maybe because they were younger, and when she went out i...

When you are born--what you are born into, the place, the history of the place, how that history mates with your own-- stamps who you are, whatever the pundits of globalisation have to say.

You can leave your place you are sitting at without leaving that place either by playing music or by listening to music! Music is a migration to the unknown!