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Other people's words are the bridge you use to cross from where you were to wherever… — Zadie Smith

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Other people's words are the bridge you use to cross from where you were to wherever you're going.

Zadie Smith
2010
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Power of wordsLanguage
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Metaphor, analogy and simile
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Essay
Time
2010
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Zadie Smith
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Smith, Zadie. "That Crafty Feeling." 24 Mar. 2008, Columbia University, New York City, NY, USA. Lecture.

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