Salman Rushdie Quotes About Loss

Quotes about: Loss

• But love is what we want, not freedom. Who then is the unluckier man? The beloved, who is given his heart's desire and must for ever after fear its loss, or the free man, with his unlooked-for liberty, naked and alone between the captive armies of the earth?

  Salman Rushdie

  Heart, Loss, Army

  Salman Rushdie (2000). “The Ground Beneath Her Feet: A Novel”, p.53, Macmillan

• Whenever someone who knows you disappears, you lose one version of yourself. Yourself as you were seen, as you were judged to be. Lover or enemy, mother or friend, those who know us construct us, and their several knowings slant the different facets of our characters like diamond-cutter's tools. Each such loss is a step leading to the grave, where all versions blend and end.

  Salman Rushdie

  Friends, Mother, Character

  "The Ground Beneath Her Feet". Book by Salman Rushdie, April, 1999.

• It may be argued that the past is a country from which we have all emigrated, that its loss is part of our common humanity.

  Salman Rushdie

  Country, Loss, Past

  Salman Rushdie (2017). “Home: Vintage Minis”, p.27, Random House

• You don't that often see writers being sought out when there are matters of great moment to discuss. And I think that's a loss.

  Salman Rushdie

  Loss, Thinking, Matter

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