"The flaws in the grand-passion of Alleluia Cone and Gibreel Farishta were as follows: her secret fear of her secret desire, that is, love; -- owing to which she was wont to retreat from, even hit violently out at, the very person whose devotion she sought most; -- and the deeper the intimacy, the harder she kicked; -- so that the other, having been brought to a place of absolute trust, and having lowered all his defences, received the full force of the blow, and was devastated."
Salman Rushdie, The Satanic Verses
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Hey, you've read that book! Damn, I so envy you!
Lolz. Well, the book has a lot of hype, but its not really upto it. Some passages are very good and brilliant, but i find most of it somewhat average. :) I'll write a review of it soon on the blog.
Can't wait to read the review. :)
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