4 Quotes & Sayings By Stephen Kelman

Stephen Kelman is a bestselling author and sought-after public speaker. His novel, The Unknown Terrorist, was shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction and his children's book, Pig's Eye View, was selected as one of the best 50 children's books of the last 50 years by the Independent. Kelman has been a columnist and political commentator for The Observer, The Guardian and The Independent on Sunday, as well as contributing regularly to several other newspapers. He has also written for The New Statesman, Prospect magazine and The New York Review of Books Read more

Kelman was born in London in 1963. He now lives in Brighton with his wife, Penny.

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Mr. Frimpong is the oldest person from church. That's when I knew why he sings louder than anybody else: it's because he's been waiting the longest for God to answer. He thinks God has forgotten him. I only knew it then. Then I loved him but it was too late to go back. Stephen Kelman
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I pretended like all the oranges rolling everywhere were her happy memories and they were looking for a new person to stick to so they didn't get wasted. Stephen Kelman
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Both the two of us knew it. We watched the lie go up big and slow between us, then it burst like a spit bubble. They always burst before too long. Stephen Kelman