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born 1975 England

Zadie Smith (born October 27, 1975) is a British novelist. Her fiction is mainly set in London.

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In a whisper he began begging for—and, as the sun set, received—the concession people always beg for: a little more time.

On Beauty (2005)

A carefully preserved English accent also upped the fear factor.

On Beauty (2005)

The greatest lie ever told about love is that it sets you free.

On Beauty (2005)

You don't have favorites among your children but you do have allies.

On Beauty (2005)

You always wanted to make it clear you weren't like the rest of us. You're still doing it.

NW (2012)

But to me, an exercise in style is not a superficial matter – our lives are also an exercise in style.

It was in the shady groves of dictionaries that Jack fell in love.

On Beauty (2005)

The more blessed she felt on earth, the more rarely she turned to heaven.

White Teeth (2000)

This is what divorce is: Taking things you no longer want from people you no longer love.

White Teeth (2000)

Most literary prizes are only nominally about literature. They are really about brand consolidation for beer companies, phone companies, coffee companies and even frozen food companies.

Because this is the other thing about immigrants: they cannot escape their history any more than you yourself can lose your shadow.

White Teeth (2000)

..and the devil won another easy hand in God's poker game.

White Teeth (2000)

Is there anything more likely to take the shine off an affair that when the lover strikes up a convivial relationship with the lovee's mother.

White Teeth (2000)

So we have to be a bit more, I mean, military about it, like plan.

NW (2012)

Revelation is where all crazy people end up. It's the last stop on the nutso express.

White Teeth (2000)

A past tense, future perfect kind of night.

White Teeth (2000)

His mind was a small thing with big holes through which passions regularly seeped out.

White Teeth (2000)

But why do they always have to be laughing and making a song-and-dance about everything? I cannot believe homosexuality is that much fun. Heterosexuality certainly is not.

White Teeth (2000)

His death is like the soft down on the back of your hand, passing unnoticed in the firmest of handshakes, though the slightest breeze makes every damn one of the tiny hairs stand on end.

The Autograph Man (2002)

Ryan's freckles were a join-the-dot's enthusiast's wet dream.

White Teeth (2000)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Zadie Smith (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.