Salman Rushdie Quotes About Magic
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He would dream of discovering a magic optometrist from whom he would purchase a pair of green-tinged spectacles which would correct his regrettable myopia, and after that he would be able to see through the dense, blinding air to the fabulous world beneath.
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There is no magic on earth strong enough to wipe out the legacies of one's parents.
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He knew what he knew: that the real world was full of magic, so magical worlds could easily be real.
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When people use the term magic realism, usually they only mean 'magic' and they don't hear 'realism', whereas the way in which magic realism actually works is for the magic to be rooted in the real. It's both things. It's not just a fairytale moment. It's the surrealism that arises out of the real.
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