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a little more time

‘I haven’t had my period in three months – did you even know that? I’m acting crazy and emotional all the time. My body’s telling me the show’s over. That’s real. And I’m not going to be getting any thinner or any younger, my ass is gonna hit the ground, if it hasn’t already – and I want to be with…

—p.398 On Beauty on beauty and being wrong (273) by Zadie Smith
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the post-colonial tomato

‘It’s a Wellington thing – it’s a student thing,’ said Victoria rapidly, coming up on her elbows. ‘It’s our shorthand for when we say, like, Professor Simeon’s class is ‘‘The tomato’s nature versus the tomato’s nurture’’, and Jane Colman’s class is ‘‘To properly understand the tomato you must first…

—p.312 on beauty and being wrong (273) by Zadie Smith
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frowsty

It was still frowsty and badly lit

—p.293 on beauty and being wrong (273) by Zadie Smith
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because of some deranged theory in his head

‘The stupid thing is,’ continued Jerome, fiddling with a ring on his pinkie finger, ‘Kiki still loves him. It’s so obvious. I just don’t get that – how you can love someone who says no to the world like that – I mean, so consistently? It’s only when I’m away from home and I’m talking to non-fam…

—p.236 the anatomy lesson (127) by Zadie Smith