It is very, very easy not to be offended by a book. You just have to shut it.

Quote by Salman Rushdie

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What one writer can make in the solitude of one room is something no power...

What one writer can make in the solitude of one room is something no power...

Whores and writers, Mahound. We are the people you can't forgive.

Whores and writers, Mahound. We are the people you can't forgive.

I do not need the idea of God to explain the world I live in.

I do not need the idea of God to explain the world I live in.

A book is a version of the world. If you do not like it, ignore...

A book is a version of the world. If you do not like it, ignore...

Be sure that you go to the author to get at his meaning, not to...

Be sure that you go to the author to get at his meaning, not to...

Such is the miraculous nature of the future of exiles: what is first uttered in...

Such is the miraculous nature of the future of exiles: what is first uttered in...

Most of what matters in your life takes place in your absence.

Most of what matters in your life takes place in your absence.

Throughout human history, the apostles of purity, those who have claimed to possess a total...

Throughout human history, the apostles of purity, those who have claimed to possess a total...

Names, once they are in common use, quickly become mere sounds, their etymology being buried,...

Names, once they are in common use, quickly become mere sounds, their etymology being buried,...

Free speech is the whole thing, the whole ball game. Free speech is life itself.

Free speech is the whole thing, the whole ball game. Free speech is life itself.

Our lives teach us who we are.

Our lives teach us who we are.

A poet's work is to name the unnameable, to point at frauds, to take sides,...

A poet's work is to name the unnameable, to point at frauds, to take sides,...

What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist

What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist

If I were asked for a one-sentence sound bite on religion, I would say I...

If I were asked for a one-sentence sound bite on religion, I would say I...

If Woody Allen were a Muslim, he'd be dead by now.

If Woody Allen were a Muslim, he'd be dead by now.

What one writer can make in the solitude of one room is something no power...

What one writer can make in the solitude of one room is something no power...

When thought becomes excessively painful, action is the finest remedy

When thought becomes excessively painful, action is the finest remedy

No furniture is so charming as books.

No furniture is so charming as books.

Books, the children of the brain.

Books, the children of the brain.

The mortality of all inanimate things is terrible to me, but that of books most...

The mortality of all inanimate things is terrible to me, but that of books most...