Zadie Smith Author · England What did Zadie Smith mean by: …They cannot escape their history any more than you yourself can lose your shadow.
Tell the truth through whichever veil comes to hand – but tell it. Author, December 24, 2023January 1, 2025, Zadie Smith, Authenticity, Communication, Truth, 0 Zadie Smith Author · England
Every moment happens twice: inside and outside, and they are two different histories. Author, December 24, 2023January 1, 2025, Zadie Smith, Perception, Reality, Time, 0 Zadie Smith Author · England
The ideal reader cannot sleep when holding the writer he was meant to be with. Author, December 24, 2023January 1, 2025, Zadie Smith, Connection, Engagement, Passion, 0 Zadie Smith Author · England
Try to read your own work as a stranger would read it, or even better, as an enemy would. Author, December 24, 2023January 1, 2025, Zadie Smith, Critique, Improvement, Perspective, 0 Zadie Smith Author · England
You don’t have favourites among your children, but you do have allies. Author, December 24, 2023January 1, 2025, Zadie Smith, Equality, Parenting, Relationships, 0 Zadie Smith Author · England
The future’s another country, man… And I still ain’t got a passport. Author, December 24, 2023January 1, 2025, Zadie Smith, Identity, Progress, Uncertainty, 0 Zadie Smith Author · England
Art is the Western myth, with which we both console ourselves and make ourselves. Author, December 24, 2023January 1, 2025, Zadie Smith, Consolation, Creation, Myth, 0 Zadie Smith Author · England
The library was the place I went to find out what there was to know. It was absolutely essential. Author, December 24, 2023January 1, 2025, Zadie Smith, Importance, Knowledge, Learning, 0 Zadie Smith Author · England
