Sometimes Allah punishes and sometimes men have to do it, and it is a wise man who knows if it's Allah's turn… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
When the male organ of a man stands erect, two thirds of his intelect go away. And one third of his religion. — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
I don't ask myself what did I live for, said Carlene strongly. That is a man's question. I ask whom did I… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
The future's another country, man... And I still ain't got a passport. — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
- You look fine. - Right. I look fine. Except I don't, said Zora, tugging sadly at her man's nightshirt. This was… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
Generally, women can't do this, but men retain the ancient ability to leave a family and a past. They just unhook themselves,… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
The really heroic thing about Nick Hornby is that he lives in north London and rarely leaves it... Every English writer needs… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
The arena of women's lives is somewhat more intimate. If a woman goes out with an incredibly attractive man and they break… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
I was brought up with the sense that I was absolutely no different from my brothers. I went to college thinking I… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
...despite all this, it is still hard to admit that there is no one more English than the Indian, no one more… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
It seems to me,' said Magid finally, as the moon became clearer than the sun, 'that you have tried to love a… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
Our children will be born of our actions. Our accidents will become their destinies. Oh, the actions will remain. It is a… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
No matter what anyone says, suicide takes guts. It's for heroes and martyrs, truly vainglorious men. Archie was none of these. He… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
- You look fine. - Right. I look fine. Except I don't, said Zora, tugging sadly at her man's nightshirt. This was why Kiki… — Zadie Smith Copy Share
“Pretty girls lie at the centre of straight culture, dyke culture, fag culture. They sell everything, they buy everything, they ruin great men and… — Zadie Smith Copy Share
“I have known many true connoisseurs, with excellent tastes that range across the humanities and the culinary arts--and they never fail to have a… — Zadie Smith Copy Share
I cannot believe homosexuality is that much fun. Heterosexuality certainly is not. — Zadie Smith Copy Share
“Either everything is sacred or nothing is. And if he starts burning other people’s things, then he loses something sacred also. Everyone gets what’s… — Zadie Smith Copy Share
My feeling is, having lived in different classes, that people want equality of opportunity... that's the thing that makes me despair: the idea that… — Zadie Smith Copy Share
I don't keep any copies of my books in the house - they go to my mum's flat. I don't like them around. — Zadie Smith Copy Share
But it makes an immigrant laugh to hear the fears of the nationalist, scared of infection, penetration, miscegenation, when this is small fry, peanuts,… — Zadie Smith Copy Share
Oh, I know that. You know me, baby, I cannot be broken. Takes a giant to snap me in half. — Zadie Smith Copy Share
“In short, it was precisely the kind of friendship and Englishman makes on holiday, that he can make only on holiday. A friendship that… — Zadie Smith Copy Share
I suppose I often think of my writing as quite impersonal. But it turned out, when my father died, writing was exactly what I… — Zadie Smith Copy Share
“Some of us are happy with our African hair, thank you very much. I don't want some poor Indian girl's hair. And I wish… — Zadie Smith Copy Share
You can't state difference and also state equality. We have to state sameness to understand equality. — Zadie Smith Copy Share
“(Unlike many others around this time, Joyce felt no shame about using the term 'middle class'. In the Chalfen lexicon the middle classes were… — Zadie Smith Copy Share
A lot of women, when they're young, feel they have very good friends, and find later on that friendship is complicated. It's easy to… — Zadie Smith Copy Share
