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Shalimar the Clown
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"Shalimar the Clown" Quotes

The daughter of an Indian diplomat and a former Bollywood dancer seeks to understand her father's transformation from a peaceful man to a vengeful assassin.

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To be born in a place is to belong there for life.

Salman Rushdie

belongingidentity

She was the sort of woman who never made the same mistake twice; she made all of them five or six times, just to be sure.

Salman Rushdie

mistakeshumor

I have heard that love is the key to happiness, but sometimes love is the key to the wrong house.

Salman Rushdie

lovemistakes

There are things we never want to let go of, people we never want to leave behind. But keep in mind that letting go isn’t the end of the world; it’s the beginning of a new life.

Salman Rushdie

letting gomoving on

There are no secrets better kept than the secrets that everybody guesses.

Salman Rushdie

secretsgossip

Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority.

Salman Rushdie

truthtime

Life is like a box of crayons. Most people are the 8-color boxes, but what you're really looking for are the 64-color boxes with the sharpeners on the back.

Salman Rushdie

lifediversity

People who deny the existence of dragons are often eaten by dragons. From within.

Salman Rushdie

denialconsequences

If you are not too long, I will wait here for you all my life.

Salman Rushdie

patiencelove