Language upon a silvered tongue affords enchantment enough.
Interpretation
This quote suggests that eloquence and mastery of language have the power to captivate and charm.
Salman Rushdie's quote highlights the beauty of language and its ability to enchant listeners or readers. The metaphor of a 'silvered tongue' implies a certain finesse and artistry in speech or writing, suggesting that those who can wield language skillfully can create a magical experience for others. This reflects the profound impact that words can have in conveying emotions, stories, and ideas.
In practice
During a poetry reading, one might say this quote to emphasize the beauty of spoken word.
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.
Many claim I am a photographer of tragedy. In the greater sense I am not, for though I often photograph where the tragic emotion is present, the result is almost invariably affirmative.
It occurred to me that every work of art is a synecdoche, there's no way around it. Every creative work that someone does can only represent an aspect of the whole of something. I can't think of an exception to that.
The picture is in your head, in your imagination, everything.
Second hand books are wild books, homeless books; they have come together in vast flocks of variegated feather, and have a charm which the domesticated volumes of the library lack.
Art would be useless if the world were perfect.
In the early days, we just wore black onstage. Very bold, my dear. Then we introduced white, for variety, and it simply grew and grew.
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