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My heart broke open and history fell in.

Salman Rushdie

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Salman Rushdie
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: June 19
Actor
Essayist
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Bombay
Rushdie
Joseph Anton
Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie
History
Heart
Fell
Broke
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Your blasphemy, Salman, can't be forgiven. To set your words against the Words of God.
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