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Cambridge was a joy. Tediously. People reading books in a posh place. It was my fantasy. I loved it. I miss it still.

Zadie Smith

Today, writing seems to me like an incredible luxury, almost a perversity, something which hardly exists in the world anymore, where you get to see the fruits of your actions in a daily way.
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Incredible Luxury World Writing
Rarely does one see a squirrel tremble.
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Rarely Squirrels Tremble
You can feel bad… I mean, that’s not illegal.
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Bad Feel Illegal Mean
We cannot love something solely because it has been ignored. It must also be worthy of our attention.
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Attention Ignored Something Worthy
Full stories are as rare as honesty.
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Coverage Emotion Full Honesty Story
Something in me was changed by Lincoln in the Bardo, and the great sublime/grotesque risk of [George Saunders’] ghosts was a part of it.
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Ghost Risk Sublime
When I was young, I was very technical about these things. I didn’t like to admit to any intimate relation with what I was writing.
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Intimate Writing Young
I recognize myself to be an intensely naive person. Most novelists are, despite frequent pretensions to deep socio-political insight.
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Insight Novelist Political
The library was the place I went to find out what there was to know. It was absolutely essential.
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Absolutely Essential Library
I am the sole author of the dictionary that defines me.
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Author Define Dictionary Sole
People profess to have certain political positions, but their conservatism or liberalism is really the least interesting thing about them.
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Interesting People Political
Cambridge was a joy. Tediously. People reading books in a posh place. It was my fantasy. I loved it. I miss it still.
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Book People Reading
Time is how you spend your love.
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Emotion Express Feeling Love Spend
I often worry that my idea of personhood is nostalgic, irrational, inaccurate.
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Idea Nostalgic Worry
The secret to editing your work is simple: you need to become its reader instead of its writer.
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Edit Secret Simple
Don’t confuse honours with achievement.
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Achievement Confuse Honour

Cambridge was a joy. Tediously. People reading books in a posh place. It was my fantasy. I loved it. I miss it still.

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Cambridge was a joy. Tediously. People reading books in a posh place. It was my fantasy. I loved it. I miss it still.

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