"There are still too many mysteries around you"

"There are still too many mysteries around you" - The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie

"'You will protect me,' she said. 'With my life,' he replied."

"'You will protect me,' she said. 'With my life,' he replied." - The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie

"There was unquestionably a job vacancy here"

"There was unquestionably a job vacancy here" - The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie

"Everything he loved was on his doorstep"

"Everything he loved was on his doorstep" - The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie

"The darkness did not leave her, but it shuffled to one side"

"The darkness did not leave her, but it shuffled to one side" - The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie

"But home was always a troubled, dangerous idea for men"

"But home was always a troubled, dangerous idea for men" - The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie

"Women are not perfect, one must admit"

"Women are not perfect, one must admit" - The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie

"That night the emperor dreamed of love"

"That night the emperor dreamed of love" - The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie

"I can turn myself at will ..."

"I can turn myself at will ..." - The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie

"... into a lion"

"... into a lion" - The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie

"I am a person of strange and varied experience"

"I am a person of strange and varied experience" - The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie

"I have met the king of the fishes and lived in the house of a woman"

"I have met the king of the fishes and lived in the house of a woman" - The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie

"It was hiding under a fallen branch like a scared animal"

"It was hiding under a fallen branch like a scared animal" - The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie

"All your certainties are being blown away"

"All your certainties are being blown away" - The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie

"Could a god, once created, become impossible to destroy?"

"Could a god, once created, become impossible to destroy?" - The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie

"It was love, or felt like it"

"It was love, or felt like it" - The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie

"Keep your secret. Secrets are for children, and spies"

"Keep your secret. Secrets are for children, and spies" - The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie

"And for sorcerers. And for lovers too. And kings"

"And for sorcerers. And for lovers too. And kings" - The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie

"Is that how a king should be raised?"

"Is that how a king should be raised?" - The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie

"And so he went and sat looking into space"

"And so he went and sat looking into space" - In the South by Salman Rushdie