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Reality is a question of perspective; the further you get from the past, the more concrete and plausible it seems - but as you approach the present, it inevitably seems more and more incredible.

Reality is a question of perspective; the further you get from the past, the more concrete and plausible it seems - but as you approach the present, it inevitably seems more and more incredible.

Salman Rushdie
Time, Past, Reality
Salman Rushdie (2010). “Midnight's Children”, p.229, Random House

I fell victim to the temptation of every autobiographer, to the illusion that since the past exists only in one's memories and the words which strive vainly to encapsulate them, it is possible to create past events simply by saying they occurred.

Salman Rushdie
Memories, Past, Temptation

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

All migrants leave their pasts behind, although some try to pack it into bundles and boxes-but on the journey something seeps out of the treasured mementoes and old photographs, until even their owners fail to recognize them, because it is the fate of migrants to be stripped of history, to stand naked amidst the scorn of strangers upon whom they see rich clothing, the brocades of continuity and the eyebrows of belonging.

Salman Rushdie
Fate, Past, Journey

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