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Salman Rushdie
“So India’s problem turns out to be the world’s problem. What happened in India has happened in God’s name.

The problem’s name is God.”
Salman Rushdie, The Satanic Verses

Lorrie Moore
“Once love had seemed like magic. Now it seemed like tricks.”
Lorrie Moore

Darcey Steinke
“The problem with being a modern woman, I thought, as the front door swung wide, is that you have to pretend to be stronger than you are.”
Darcey Steinke, Suicide Blonde

Tamora Pierce
“A friend had commented once that Neal had a gift for making someone want to punch him just for saying hello.”
Tamora Pierce, Page

Lorrie Moore
“Pleasantness was the machismo of the Midwest. There was something athletic about it. You flexed your face into a smile and let it hover there like the dare of a cat.”
Lorrie Moore, Like Life

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