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Literature2 quotes
Facts are slippery. The truth is imperfect. Fiction recognizes that. — Salman Rushdie · 2015Literature is the one place in any society where, within the secrecy of our own heads, we can hear voices talking about everything in every possible way. — Salman Rushdie · 1990The world2 quotes
This is a great and terrible world. I never knew there were so many men alive in it. — Rudyard Kipling · 1901But it’s a resilient place, the world, and its beauty is still astonishing, and as for the mess we’ve made, you can change it, and I believe you’re going to. — Salman Rushdie · 2015Changing the world1 quote
But it’s a resilient place, the world, and its beauty is still astonishing, and as for the mess we’ve made, you can change it, and I believe you’re going to. — Salman Rushdie · 2015Clash of civilizations1 quote
East is East and West is West, and never the twain shall meet. — Rudyard Kipling · 1889Drugs1 quote
Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind. — Rudyard Kipling · 1923East vs. West1 quote
East is East and West is West, and never the twain shall meet. — Rudyard Kipling · 1889Equanimity1 quote
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same. — Rudyard Kipling · 1910Globalization1 quote
East is East and West is West, and never the twain shall meet. — Rudyard Kipling · 1889Horses1 quote
Four things greater than all things are,—
Women and Horses and Power and War. — Rudyard Kipling · 1890Imperialism1 quote
Take up the White Man's burden —
Send forth the best ye breed —
Go bind your sons to exile
To serve your captives' need. — Rudyard Kipling · 1899Inflection points1 quote
Most of what matters in our lives takes place in our absence. — Salman Rushdie · 1981Language1 quote
Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind. — Rudyard Kipling · 1923Limitations of travel1 quote
They change their skies above them,
But not their hearts that roam! — Rudyard Kipling · 1895Man and animals1 quote
The female of the species is more deadly than the male. — Rudyard Kipling · 1911Men and women1 quote
The female of the species is more deadly than the male. — Rudyard Kipling · 1911Ocean and sea1 quote
Who hath desired the Sea? The sight of salt water unbounded? — Rudyard Kipling · 1901Offensive speech1 quote
What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist. — Salman Rushdie · 1990Opportunities1 quote
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And—which is more—you'll be a Man, my son! — Rudyard Kipling · 1910Post-colonial literature1 quote
The empire writes back with a vengeance. — Salman Rushdie · 1982Power1 quote
Four things greater than all things are,—
Women and Horses and Power and War. — Rudyard Kipling · 1890Power of words1 quote
Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind. — Rudyard Kipling · 1923Progress1 quote
But it’s a resilient place, the world, and its beauty is still astonishing, and as for the mess we’ve made, you can change it, and I believe you’re going to. — Salman Rushdie · 2015Provincialism and insularity1 quote
What should they know of England who only England know? — Rudyard Kipling · 1891Questions1 quote
I keep six honest serving-men
(They taught me all I knew);
Their names are What and Why and When
And How and Where and Who. — Rudyard Kipling · 1902Salt water1 quote
Who hath desired the Sea? The sight of salt water unbounded? — Rudyard Kipling · 1901Travel1 quote
They change their skies above them,
But not their hearts that roam! — Rudyard Kipling · 1895Truth1 quote
Facts are slippery. The truth is imperfect. Fiction recognizes that. — Salman Rushdie · 2015Truth vs. fiction1 quote
Facts are slippery. The truth is imperfect. Fiction recognizes that. — Salman Rushdie · 2015War1 quote
Four things greater than all things are,—
Women and Horses and Power and War. — Rudyard Kipling · 1890