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Midnight's Children Truth Quotes

How we cite our quotes: (Book.Chapter.Paragraph)

Quote #10

Watching this scene, Saleem Sinai learned that Picture Singh and the magicians were people whose hold on reality was absolute; they gripped it so powerfully that they could bend it every which way in the service of their arts, but they never forgot what it was. (3.27.45)

See, this is why we don't want kids reading this book. How could you tell them that magicians don't believe in magic? That's like saying that Santa doesn't exist, or that the tooth fairy is really your mom.