Salman Rushdie Quotes

Nobody Has The Right To Not Be Offended. That Right Doesn't Exist In Any Declaration I Have Ever Read.
If You Are Offended It Is Your Problem, And Frankly Lots Of Things Offend Lots Of People.
I Can Walk Into A Bookshop And Point Out A Number Of Books That I Find Very Unattractive In What They Say. But It Doesn't Occur To Me To Burn The Bookshop Down. If You Don't Like A Book, Read Another Book. If You Start Reading A Book And You Decide You Don't Like It, Nobody Is Telling You To Finish It.
To Read A 600-page Novel And Then Say That It Has Deeply Offended You: Well, You Have Done A Lot Of Work To Be Offended.

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