12. I stand by this. Never let those cunts see you sweat, which is good advice and a good name for an eighties hip-hop album.
“All your life you wait, and then it finally comes, and are you ready?”
― All the Light We Cannot See
― All the Light We Cannot See
“Racism should never have happened and so you don't get a cookie for reducing it.”
― Americanah
― Americanah
“Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?”
― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
“I wish wish I could steal the intricacies of language. But give my kids a break—remember, most of them were fed on Steinbeck’s The Pearl. ”
― Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books
― Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books
“She rested her head against his and felt, for the first time, what she would often feel with him: a self-affection. He made her like herself.”
― Americanah
― Americanah
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