"Captain Ahab drowned, he reminded himself; it was……" — Salman Rushdie
"Captain Ahab drowned, he reminded himself; it was the trimmer, Ishmael, who survived."
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482 Quotes by Salman Rushdie
Salman Rushdie has 482 quotes on this site.
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The only privilege literature deserves - and this privilege it requires in order to exist - is the privilege of…
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The liveliness of literature lies in its exceptionality, in being the individual, idiosyncratic vision of one human being, in which,…
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Five mysteries hold the keys to the unseen: the act of love, and the birth of a baby, and the…
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There needs to be a thorough examination, by Muslims everywhere, of why it is that the faith they love breeds…
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Live on, survive, for the earth gives forth wonders. It may swallow your heart, but the wonders keep on coming.…
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Good advice is rarer than rubies.
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In India, as elsewhere in our darkening world, religion is the poison in the blood. Where religion intervenes, mere innocence…
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For a fellow who's not to much to look at, you have the instincts of a champion.
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A man who invents himself needs someone to believe in him... Not only the need to be believed in, but…
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Free speech is life itself.
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After a long, hopeless war, people will settle for peace, at almost any price.
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If you want to tell the untold stories, if you want to give voice to the voiceless, you've got to…
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More Ahab Quotes
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I see 'Ahab's Wife' as offering an alternative vision to
— Moby
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His [Elijah] heart was beginning to give signs of alarm; he was enjoying being at this woman's side. Love could…
— Paulo Coelho
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Prophet just means intellectual. They were people giving geopolitical analysis, moral lessons, that sort of thing. We call them intellectuals…
— Noam Chomsky
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Ahab cast a covetous eye at Naboth's vineyard, David a lustful eye at Bathsheba. The eye is the pulse of…
— Thomas Adams
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As Herman Melville wrote of that seagoing monster of a man Captain Ahab, “All mortal greatness is but disease.
— Nathaniel Philbrick
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Sleep and I do not have a good relationship. We have never been good friends. I am constantly chasing sleep…
— Amy Poehler
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Is Ahab, Ahab? Is it I, God, or who, that lifts this arm? But if the great sun move not…
— Herman Melville
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And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for there is a sound of abundance of rain.
— Bible
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So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he…
— Bible
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Captain Ahab: I do not sleep, I die.
— Moby Dick
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Imagine having Ahab for a father, and Jezebel for a mother.Only God can help your future.
— Wordfaith3
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Ego non baptizo te in nomine patris, sed in nomine diaboli! deliriously howled Ahab, as the malignant iron scorchingly devoured…
— Herman Melville
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