CLUBCULTURE

A theme in most of her books – Zadie Smith’s characters speak about what it is to belong

“Because this is the other thing about immigrants (’fugees, émigrés, travellers): they cannot escape their history any more than you yourself can lose your shadow.” White Teeth “People talk about the happy quiet that can exist between two lovers, but this too was great; sitting between his sister and his brother, saying nothing, eating.” On Beauty It is on journeys like this – where one is so horribly misunderstood – that you find yourself longing for home, that place where you are entirely understood, for better or for worse.” On Beauty “People don’t settle for people. They resolve to be with them. It takes faith. You draw a circle in the sand and agree to stand in it and believe in it.” The Autograph Man “I am the sole author of the dictionary that…

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The Simple Things (Digital) - 1 Issue, April 2017 - Issue 58

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