Zadie Smith White Teeth Quotes & Sayings

A myth, therefore, is true because it is effective, not because it gives us factual information. If, however, it does not give us new insight into the deeper meaning of life, it has failed. — Karen Armstrong

I wrote 'White Teeth' in the late nineties. I didn't really feel trepidatious about it. It was a different time. — Zadie Smith

Great mischief comes from attempts to steady other people's altars ... — Mary Baker Eddy

But like all things, the business has two sides. Clean white teeth are not always wise, now are they? Par exemplum: when I was in the Congo, the only way I could identify the nigger was by the whiteness of his teeth, if you see what I mean. Horrid business. Dark as buggery, it was. And they died because of it, you see? Poor bastards. Or rather I survived, to look at it in another way, do you see? — Zadie Smith

Maybe nothing that happens upon stolen ground can expect a happy ending. — Zadie Smith

I'd never be where I am if more successful writers hadn't taken an interest in me and done me a good turn - be it chiming in with constructive criticism or giving me sound advice about my career plan. — Sara Sheridan

It seemed rather incongruous that in a society of super sophisticated communication, we often suffer from a shortage of listeners. — Erma Bombeck

The flesh is sad, alas, and I have read all the books. — Stephane Mallarme

But it makes an immigrant laugh to hear the fears of the nationalist, scared of infection, penetration, miscegenation, when this is small fry, peanuts, compared to what the immigrant fears - dissolution, disappearance. — Zadie Smith