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Rudyard Kipling14 quotes
East is East and West is West, and never the twain shall meet. — Rudyard Kipling · 1889Take 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 · 1899They change their skies above them,
But not their hearts that roam! — Rudyard Kipling · 1895If any question why we died,
Tell them, because our fathers lied. — Rudyard Kipling · 1919I 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 · 1902This is a great and terrible world. I never knew there were so many men alive in it. — Rudyard Kipling · 1901All 14 quotes →Salman Rushdie6 quotes
Most of what matters in our lives takes place in our absence. — Salman Rushdie · 1981The empire writes back with a vengeance. — Salman Rushdie · 1982What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist. — Salman Rushdie · 1990But 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 · 2015Facts 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 · 1990