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Ali Smith, born in 1962, is a renowned British writer. Her works are known for their unique style and profound themes, covering various genres such as novels, essays, and plays. Smith's writing often explores the relationship between individuals and society, as well as the intertwining of history and reality.

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“Sometimes I think you're a very old and wise person disguised as you, I said. Thanks, she said. And sometimes, I said, I think you're one of the youngest greenest people I'll ever know. I am all my me's, she said. I am complete.”

Soul Self Wisdom Youth Personality Innocence Complexity Old Souls

Book:Gliff

Source: Gliff

“An idiolect. That’s what he is, a language no one else alive in the world speaks. He is the last living speaker of himself. He’s been too blithe, he’d forgotten for a whole train journey, for almost a whole day, that he himself is dead as a disappeared grammar, a graveyard scatter of phonemes and morphemes.”

Self Language Identity Words

Book:Winter

Source: Winter

“Is there any escaping the junkshop of the self?”

Book:Autumn

Source: Autumn

“Amazing to be thinking those words together again: hope, and I.”

Self Hope Language Words Hopeful Hoping

Book:Gliff

Source: Gliff

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Born: 1962
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 100

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