Our lives, our stories, flowed into one another's, were no longer our own, individual, discrete.
Interpretation
Our lives and experiences are interconnected, blending into a shared narrative.
In this quote, Salman Rushdie reflects on the profound interconnectedness of human lives. He suggests that our individual stories and experiences merge with those of others, creating a collective narrative that transcends our personal identities, highlighting the importance of community and shared experiences in shaping our lives.
In practice
During a speech about the importance of community, one could use this quote to emphasize how our lives are intertwined.
I've been fascinated by Machiavelli since I was very young. I've always felt that he had a bad rap from history, and that he was actually a person quite unlike what we now think of as Machiavellian. He was a republican. He disliked totalitarian government.
Killing people because you don't like their ideas - it's a bad thing.
faith without doubt is addiction
I am clearly vulnerable to these more passionate and volatile unstable relationships. I am trying to not be so vulnerable.
In India, as elsewhere in our darkening world, religion is the poison in the blood. Where religion intervenes, mere innocence is no excuse. Yet we go on skating around this issue, speaking of religion in the fashionable language of 'respect.' What is there to respect in any of this, or in any of the crimes now being committed almost daily around the world in religion's dreaded name?
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.
I hate who steals my solitude, without really offer me in exchange company.
There is only one relationship that matters, and that is your personal relationship to a personal Redeemer and Lord. Let everything else go, but maintain that at all cost, and God will fulfill His purpose through your life. (This includes meeting the needs of your heart.) One individual life may be of priceless value to God's purposes, and yours may be that life.
I want to spend my time with people who don't look to be respected. But such good people won't want to spend their time with me.
Forcing people to eat together is an effective way to promote tolerance.
The thing about gay people is that until we come out of the closet, we're always protecting other people: 'I can't do this, because it's gonna hurt so-and-so.' We're trying to live the lives of other people, and that's the worst thing you can do.
We all, sometimes, leave each other there under the skies, and we never understand why.
Subscribe for the occasional hand-picked quote. No noise.