606 Quotes by Zadie Smith

He left the room silently, and it was not quite clear whether it was the beginning of a row or not. Probably he would decide later, depending on whether there was a practical advantage to be had in discord.

Fewer American flags [in Brooklyn] than in Florida but more than in San Francisco.

Greeting cards routinely tell us everybody deserves love. No. Everybody deserves clean water. Not everybody deserves love all the time.

You are never stronger, thought Samad as approached the doctor, than when you land on the other side of despair.

Everybody knows that if people hang around for any length of time in an urban area without purpose they are likely to become “antisocial.

We are so convinced of the goodness of ourselves, and the goodness of our love, we cannot bear to believe that there might be something more worthy of love than us, more worthy of worship. Greeting cards routinely tell us everybody deserves love. No. Everybody deserves clean water. Not everybody deserves love all the time.

Desire is never final, desire is imprecise and impractical [...]

إنّ كراهية الذات تجعل الإنسان ينقلب ضد أول شخص يره

The lady was old, the lady was ill. It didn't matter what the lady believed.