Zadie Smith Quotes About Pleasure

Quotes about: Pleasure

• ... don't ever underestimate people, don't ever underestimate the pleasure they receive from viewing pain that is not their own... Pain by itself is just Pain. But Pain + Distance can = entertainment, voyeurism, human interest, cinéma vérité, a good belly chuckle, a sympathetic smile, a raised eyebrow, disguised contempt.

  Zadie Smith

  Pain, Distance, Eyebrows

  Zadie Smith (2003). “White Teeth”, p.177, Vintage

• When I was 13, I really used to skip down the street, happy in thinking, "Oh, well, someone's suffering pain in order for me to feel this pleasure."

  Zadie Smith

  Pain, Thinking, Order

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• I know to argue against our online lives seems like the argument of the grumpy, old Luddite novelist, but I really always try to make the argument from the perspective of personal pleasure.

  Zadie Smith

  Perspective, Trying, Novelists

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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