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If you were standing next to the prophet on the mountain, would you have seen the archangel? and my answer to that was probably not, even though it's supposed to be a really big archangel. he describes it as - the archangel gabriel as standing on the horizon and filling the sky. that's a big angel.

-Salman Rushdie

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If You Were Standing Next To The

Salman Rushdie

If you were standing next to the prophet on the mountain, would you have seen the archangel? and my answer to that was probably not, even though it's supposed to be a really big archangel. he describes it as - the archangel gabriel as standing on the horizon and filling the sky. that's a big angel.

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I have seen war. i have seen war on land and sea. i have seen blood running from the wounded. i have seen men coughing out their gassed lungs. i have seen the dead in the mud. i have seen cities destroyed. i have seen 200 limping, exhausted men come out of line—the survivors of a regiment of 1,000 that went forward 48 hours before. i have seen children starving. i have seen the agony of mothers and wives. i hate war.

His full name is matthew gabriel philippe bertrand sebastien de clermont. he was also a very good sebastien, and a passable gabriel. he hates bertrand and will not answer to philippe.

The answer is never the answer. what's really interesting is the mystery. if you seek the mystery instead of the answer, you'll always be seeking. i've never seen anybody really find the answer, but they think they have. so they stop thinking. but the job is to seek mystery, evoke mystery, plant a garden in which strange plants grow and mysteries bloom. the need for mystery is greater than the need for an answer.

How thankful we ought to be ... how thankful we are, for a prophet to counsel us in words of divine wisdom as we walk our paths in these complex and difficult times. the solid assurance we carry in our hearts, the conviction that god will make his will known to his children through his recognized servant is the real basis of our faith and activity. we either have a prophet or we have nothing: and having a prophet, we have everything

Should i, after tea and cakes and ices, have the strength to force the moment to its crisis? but though i have wept and fasted, wept and prayed, though i have seen my head (grown slightly bald) brought in upon a platter, i am no prophet--and here's no great matter; i have seen the moment of my greatness flicker, i have seen the eternal footman hold my coat, and snicker, and in short, i was afraid.

I tried to concentrate on the angel's voice instead. "bella, please! bella, listen to me, please, please, please, bella, please!" he begged. yes, i wanted to say. anything. but i couldn't find my lips. "carlisle!" the angel called, agony in his perfect voice. "bella, bella, no, oh please, no, no!" and the angel was sobbing tearless, broken sobs. the angel shouldn't weep, it was wrong. i tried to find him, to tell him everything was fine, but the water was so deep, it was pressing on me, and i couldn't breathe.

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