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.
Zadie SmithWhen people use that stream of consciousness, it's kind of just a term they use for anything that looks slightly different on the page.
Zadie SmithWhen I was young, I was very technical about these things. I didn't like to admit to any intimate relation with what I was writing.
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