Quotes from Zadie Smith, White Teeth

Sacrifice was nine tenths of parenting.

Cos if it's encyclopedias we've got enough, like, information... and if it's God, you've got the wrong house.

Every moment happens twice: inside and outside, and they are two different histories.

Full stories are as rare as honesty.

You must live life with the full knowledge that your actions will remain. We are creatures of consequence.

Girls either wanted him or wanted to improve him, but most often a combination of the two. They wanted to improve him until he justified the amount they wanted him.

Greeting cards routinely tell us that everybody deserves love. No. Everybody deserves clean water. Not everybody deserves love all of the time.

It's still easier to find the correct Hoover bag than to find one pure person, one pure faith, on the globe.