Zadie Smith Quotes:
Ocupation: Novelist
Life: b. October 25, 1975
Birthday: October 25
...despite all this, it is still hard to admit that there is no one more English than the Indian, no one more Indian than the English. There are still young white men who are angry about that; who will roll out at closing time into the poorly lit streets with a kitchen knife wrapped in a tight fist. But it makes an immigrant laugh to hear the fears of the nationalist, scared of infection, penetration, miscegenation, when this is small fry, peanuts, compared to what the immigrant fears - dissolution, disappearance.
source: Zadie Smith (2003). “White Teeth”, p.272, Vintage
topic: Men, White Man, Knives, Kitchen Knives, Miscegenation, Closing Time, Penetration
