“A photograph is a moral decision taken in one eighth of a second.”
Salman Rushdie The Ground Beneath Her Feet
Source: The Ground Beneath Her Feet
Quotes from workThe Ground Beneath Her Feet
The Ground Beneath Her Feet is Salman Rushdie's sixth novel. Published in 1999, it is a variation on the Orpheus/Eurydice myth, with rock music replacing Orpheus's lyre. The myth works as a red thread from which the author sometimes strays, but to which he attaches an endless series of references.
“The only people who see the whole picture are the ones who step outside the frame.”
Salman Rushdie The Ground Beneath Her Feet
Source: The Ground Beneath Her Feet (1999)
“I want more than what I want. (Vina Apsara)”
Salman Rushdie The Ground Beneath Her Feet
Source: The Ground Beneath Her Feet
“My heart broke open and history fell in.”
Salman Rushdie The Ground Beneath Her Feet
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“When you know what you're against you have taken the first step to discovering what you're for.”
Salman Rushdie The Ground Beneath Her Feet
Source: The Ground Beneath Her Feet
“We were language's magpies by nature, stealing whatever sounded bright and shiny.”
Salman Rushdie The Ground Beneath Her Feet
Source: The Ground Beneath Her Feet
