{"quotes":[{"text":"In a public dialogue with Salman in London he [Edward Said] had once described the Palestinian plight as one where his people, expelled and dispossessed by Jewish victors, were in the unique historical position of being 'the victims of the victims': there was something quasi-Christian, I thought, in the apparent humility of that statement.","author":"Christopher Hitchens","tags":["atheism","christianity","edward said","humility","london","palestine","religion","rushdie"],"id":4544,"author_id":"Christopher+Hitchens"},{"text":"The moment you say that any idea system is sacred, whether it’s a religious belief system or a secular ideology, the moment you declare a set of ideas to be immune from criticism, satire, derision, or contempt, freedom of thought becomes impossible.","author":"Salman Rushdie","tags":["criticism","freedom-of-thought","idea","ideology","offended","religion","rushdie","sacred","satire"],"id":37074,"author_id":"Salman+Rushdie"},{"text":"Your potentials are called POTENTIALS because they are POTENT. Don't make them IMPOTENT by being IMPATIENT. Make an IMPACT'.","author":"Israelmore Ayivor","tags":["big dreams","do it","don t be in haste","don t rush","dream big","food-for-thought","haste","impatience","impotent","israelmore-ayivor","make-a-difference","make-a-mark","make-an-impact","patience","potent","potentials","rushdie","take-your-time","you-can-do-it"],"id":160348,"author_id":"Israelmore+Ayivor"},{"text":"What do you most value in your friends?Their continued existence.","author":"Christopher Hitchens","tags":["death","friends","friendship","life","proust questionnaire","rushdie"],"id":169722,"author_id":"Christopher+Hitchens"},{"text":"Among the great struggles of man-good/evil, reason/unreason, etc.-there is also this mighty conflict between the fantasy of Home and the fantasy of Away, the dream of roots and the mirage of the journey.","author":"Salman Rushdie","tags":["away","conflict","evil","fantasy","fernweh","good","heimweh","home","journey","reason","roots","rushdie","salman","struggle","unreason"],"id":298277,"author_id":"Salman+Rushdie"},{"text":"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.","author":"Salman Rushdie","tags":["god","india","religion","rushdie","salman"],"id":303875,"author_id":"Salman+Rushdie"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":6,"pages":1}}