A Quote by Salman Rushdie

Human beings do not perceive things whole; we are not gods but wounded creatures, cracked lenses, capably only of fractured perceptions. Partial beings, in all the senses of that phrase.

Salman Rushdie

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Beings Cracked Creatures Fractured Gods Human Human Being Human Beings Lenses Only Partial Perceive Perceptions Phrase Senses Things Whole Wounded

Quote Author

Salman Rushdie
Indian - Novelist
Born: June 19, 1947

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