Lisa

“Mrs. Touchet was struck by how much more passion may be aroused by phantom damages done to female 'honor' than anything actually done to a woman herself.”
― Zadie Smith, The Fraud

“When she was young, she had wanted to know everyone, touch everyone, be everyone, go everywhere! Now she thought that if you truly loved – and were truly loved by! – two people in your lifetime you had every right to think yourself a Midas.”
― Zadie Smith, The Fraud

“Was he really so good or did he only want to be seen to be good? Does it matter?”
― Zadie Smith, The Fraud

“Give a dog a bad name and hang him.”
― Zadie Smith, The Fraud