Monica Ali, Brick Lane

6 quotes

"The thought of writing was always pleasant, but the process was painful"

Monica Ali, Brick Lane

"They were both lost in cities that would not pause even to shrug"

Monica Ali, Brick Lane

"while she wanted to look neither to her past nor her future, she lived exclusively in both. They had took different paths, but they had journeyed, so she realized, together."

Monica Ali, Brick Lane

"If you think you are powerless, then you are"

Monica Ali, Brick Lane

"He still smelled of limes. It made saliva come into her mouth. It made her feel that before she had been sleepy, and now she was awake."

Monica Ali, Brick Lane

"Spreading rumours is our national past time"

Monica Ali, Brick Lane