Firsts Quote by Deborah Smith

Happy people look young. You’re really afraid of getting older, aren’t you? You should only be afraid of getting less happy.

— Deborah Smith

“I buried my grief for my son, not my memories, but my grief.”

— Deborah Smith

I read The Vegetarian and fell in love with it. A year later, I was invited to go and speak at the London Book…

— Deborah Smith

A chorus of tough southern belles whispered, You need a loyal husband around here. Loyal to you, loyal to your family, loyal to your…

— Deborah Smith

Instead of fearing what might happen if I failed, I should be excited about what could happen if I succeeded!

— Deborah Smith

I suspected learning a language would be both useful and enjoyable (I love memorising lists of things), and would get rid of the embarrassment…

— Deborah Smith

“A vida é fugaz. A vida é preciosa. Temos de gozar cada momento. A sensualidade de respirar, de sentir, de querer.”

— Deborah Smith

“The best sex takes us somewhere. Somewhere warm and expansive, a paradise of lust and happiness. Sex is and can be and should be…

— Deborah Smith

Possibly the best thing about the whole experience is that Kang and I are now really good friends. It's as much of a pleasure…

— Deborah Smith

I've translated two of Bae's novels, A Greater Music and Recitation, which are coming from Open Letter and Deep Vellum in October and January…

— Deborah Smith

Simon Collinson, of digital publisher Canelo and über-cool Aussie mag The Lifted Brow, is our digital producer; Sarah Shin, Verso's comms director, is helping…

— Deborah Smith

There's no linear narrative - the structure is more like a series of variations on a theme (how identity is shaped by language), with…

— Deborah Smith