Quotes by Zadie Smith, On Beauty

Explore a curated collection of 20 quotes by Zadie Smith, On Beauty. Discover timeless wisdom, insightful thoughts, and memorable words that have inspired readers around the world. Browse through the gallery below and click on any quote to read more.

People talk about the happy quiet that can exist between two loves, but this, too, was great; sitting between his sister — Zadie Smith, On Beauty
USURY: Everybody's looking for the job in which you never have to pay anyone their pound of flesh. Self-employed nirvana — Zadie Smith, On Beauty
She was the kind of person who never gave you enough time to miss her. — Zadie Smith, On Beauty
Right. I look fine. Except I don't,' said Zora, tugging sadly at her man's nightshirt. This was why Kiki had dreaded hav — Zadie Smith, On Beauty
- You look fine. - Right. I look fine. Except I don't, said Zora, tugging sadly at her man's nightshirt. This was why Ki — Zadie Smith, On Beauty
Last year, when Zora was a freshman, sophomores had seemed altogether a different kind of human: so very definite in the — Zadie Smith, On Beauty
A little white woman, . . . [a] tiny little white woman I could fit in my pocket.’ . . . ‘And I don’t know why I’m surpr — Zadie Smith, On Beauty
This is what a woman is: unadorned, after children and work and age, and experience-these are the marks of living. — Zadie Smith, On Beauty
On BeautyNo, we could not itemize the listof sins they can't forgive us.The beautiful don't lack the wound.It is always — Zadie Smith, On Beauty
American houses...' she said, peering over her right shoulder and down the street. 'They always seem to believe that nob — Zadie Smith, On Beauty
They had nothing to say to each other. A five-year age gap between siblings is like a garden that needs constant attenti — Zadie Smith, On Beauty
Jerome said, It's like, a family doesn't work anymore when everyone in it is more miserable than they would be if they w — Zadie Smith, On Beauty
They were real people who entertained and argued and existed entirely independently from him, although he had set the th — Zadie Smith, On Beauty
The future's another country, man... And I still ain't got a passport. — Zadie Smith, On Beauty
They caught up with each other's news casually, leaving long, cosy gaps of silence in which to go to work on their muffi — Zadie Smith, On Beauty
They were smooth and bright, and their timing was wonderful, and they were young and hilarious. It was really something — Zadie Smith, On Beauty
The planet is finished with us, at this point - — Zadie Smith, On Beauty
Those are my bougainvillea—I got Victoria to plant them today, but I don;t know if they will survive. But Right now they — Zadie Smith, On Beauty
She did what girls generally do when they don't feel the part: she dressed it instead. — Zadie Smith, On Beauty
This was why Kiki had dreaded having girls: she knew she wouldn't be able to protect them from self-disgust. — Zadie Smith, On Beauty