“Ignorantly is how we all fall in love; for it is a kind of fall. Closing our eyes, we leap from that cliff in hope of a soft landing. Nor is it always soft; but still, without that leap nobody comes to life.”― The Moor’s Last Sigh

“I am the sum total of everything that went before me, of all I have been seen done, of everything done-to-me. I am everyone everything whose being-in-the-world affected was affected by mine. I am anything that happens after I’m gone which would not have happened if I had not come.” ― Midnight’s Children.

“From the beginning men used God to justify the unjustifiable.” ― The Satanic Verses

“Most of what matters in our lives takes place in our absence.”― Midnight’s Children

"I hate admitting that my enemies have a point." — The Satanic Verses

"How do you defeat terrorism? Don’t be terrorized."

“Children are the vessels into which adults pour their poison.” ― Midnight’s Children

"Whenever someone who knows you disappears, you lose one version of yourself."