“No human quality belongs to only one class of person. We all get to be...” — Naomi Alderman Quote

“No human quality belongs to only one class of person. We all get to be both aggressive and loving. We all get to delight in our careers and revel in our children. We're all kind and brave, soft and hard, sciency and artsy, interested in being looked at and in admiring others' physical form. Everything.”

“The hilarity or brilliance of a forwarded link is inversely proportional to the number of people it's sent to.”

“I wish that positions of power dependent on education were as open to abused children, poor children, working-class children as they are to the children of the rich and successful. I really wish that were true.”

“There are some tremendous actors in the U.K. who have been knighted, and I've spent much of my life admiring many of them, like Laurence Olivier. So it's very flattering to be in their company.”

“To be compared to Will Smith is probably one of the coolest things because that's who I came up admiring.”

“I can take a lot of pats on the back. I love it when I get admiring letters from people. And, of course, I'd love it if the critics would notice me, too.”