# The Satanic Verses

- Author: [Salman Rushdie](https://www.leafyquotes.com/salman-rushdie.md)
- Quotes: 2
- Book page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/salman-rushdie/the-satanic-verses

## Quotes

> The world, somebody wrote, is the place we prove real by dying in it.

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> Names, once they are in common use, quickly become mere sounds, their etymology being buried, like so many of the earth's marvels, beneath the dust of habit.

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