4 Quotes & Sayings By Zinzi Clemmons

Zinzi Clemmons is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author. Her passion for storytelling and her love of the written word were the driving forces that inspired her to become a writer. Her debut novel, A Little Late, was released in August 2014. It was named one of the best books of the year in 2014 by The New York Times Book Review and The Washington Post, and it debuted at #9 on The New York Times Bestsellers List and #9 on USA Today Bestsellers list Read more

Zinzi lives in Philadelphia with her husband and four children.

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When I was a child, my mother would try to convince me of a woman's need for a secret stash. "It can be anything: land, property, even a couple hundred dollars. You know, in case anything goes wrong and you have to get the hell out of there." Her mother had told her this, as her mother before had told her. Zinzi Clemmons
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Love and marriage are completely unrelated enterprises. Marriage bears as little resemblance to love as competing in the Olympics does to your afternoon jog. Zinzi Clemmons
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I realized that that was how heartbreak occurred. Your heart wants something, but reality resists it. Death is inert and heavy, and it has no relation to your heart's desires. Zinzi Clemmons