12 Quotes & Sayings By Monica Ali

Monica Ali is an award-winning British author and advocate for women's rights. Her novel, Brick Lane, has been translated into thirty-five languages and was made into a BBC TV drama. She has written three bestselling memoirs: Brick Lane (1999), The Shadow of the Sun (2001) and The Gangster's Daughter (2005). Her last book, Possessing the Secret of Joy: How Women Can Find Freedom and Fulfillment (2010), has been translated into twenty languages and is a New York Times bestseller Read more

Ali has also written two other books: The Tale of Genji (2002) and The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women (2003).

The thing about getting older is that you don't need...
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The thing about getting older is that you don't need everything to be possible any more, you just need things to be certain. Monica Ali
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The thought of writing was always pleasant, but the process was painful Monica Ali
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They were both lost in cities that would not pause even to shrug Monica Ali
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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
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If you think you are powerless, then you are Monica Ali
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All the while, when Nazneen turned to her prayers and tried to empty her mind and accept each new thing with grace or indifference, Chanu worked his own method. He was looking for the same essential thing. But he thought he could grab it from the outside and hold it against his chest like a shield.. Where Nazneen turned in, he turned out; where she strove to accept, he was determined to struggle; where she attempted to dull her mind and numb her thoughts, he argued loud; while she wanted to look neither to the past nor to the future, he lived exclusively in both. They took different paths but they had journeyed, so she realized, together. Monica Ali
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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
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Spreading rumours is our national past time Monica Ali
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I like Beryl Bainbridge a great deal, and she is a writer who absolutely demands to be read a second, third, and fourth time. I admire her great courage in leaving so much unsaid and asking the reader to really engage her brain. Monica Ali
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People don't get involved with local charities or politics because they think it's hard to make a difference and the problem feels overwhelming. But I believe that if all I've time for this year is to write one letter to the local council, it's still worth doing. Monica Ali
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A new car is not going to change your life. Monica Ali