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People profess to have certain political positions, but their conservatism or liberalism is really the least interesting thing about them.

Zadie Smith

Rarely does one see a squirrel tremble.
ZADIE SMITH

Rarely Squirrels Tremble
People profess to have certain political positions, but their conservatism or liberalism is really the least interesting thing about them.
ZADIE SMITH

Interesting People Political
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
You’re a library of me.
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Attention Express Feeling Library
The young people have a phrase for this now, which is “slay in your lane.” That’s a very important principle of writing. You have to work out what it is you can’t do, obscure it, and focus on what works.
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Out People Work Writing
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
The greatest lie ever told about love is that it sets you free.
ZADIE SMITH

Country Love Lying People
…They cannot escape their history any more than you yourself can lose your shadow.
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Lose Shadow Teeth White
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
Make sure the lubricant is unscented. Don’t join fashionable ‘schools of thought.’ Read everything.
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Fashionable Lubricant School
I am the sole author of the dictionary that defines me.
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Author Define Dictionary Sole
I cannot believe homosexuality is that much fun. Heterosexuality certainly is not.
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Belief Fun Heterosexuality
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
I often worry that my idea of personhood is nostalgic, irrational, inaccurate.
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Idea Nostalgic Worry
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
Don’t confuse honours with achievement.
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Achievement Confuse Honour

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