Best bit from latest Zadie Smith read...

Best speech ever from an aging woman to
a husband with a wandering eye...

from: on Beauty by Zadie Smith

...I’m acting crazy and emotional all the time - my body is telling me the shows over, That’s real.

And I’m not going to be getting any thinner or any younger ...I want to be with somebody who can still see me in here. I’m still in here and I don’t want to be resented or despised for changing.
I’d rather be alone.

I don’t want someone who has contempt for who I’ve become. I’ve watched you become too. And I feel like I’ve done my best to honor the past, and what you were and what you are now. But you want something more than that. You want something new.
I can’t be new.

Another excellent line in a different section-- the greatest lie ever told is that Love sets you free.