It wasn't like the spare rooms of immigrants

Zadie Smith
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It wasn't like the spare rooms of immigrants - packed to the rafters with all that they have ever possessed, no matter how defective or damaged, mountains of odds and ends - the stand testament to the fact that they have things now, where before they had nothing. ✨ Zadie Smith (2003). White Teeth, p.278, Vintage
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