# Quote — Zadie Smith, On Beauty

> The greatest lie ever told about love is that it sets you free.

- Author: [Zadie Smith](https://www.leafyquotes.com/zadie-smith.md)
- Book: [On Beauty](https://www.leafyquotes.com/zadie-smith/on-beauty.md)
- Page: 424
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Zadie_Smith#On_Beauty_(2005)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/zadie-smith/on-beauty/the-greatest-lie

## More from this book

> You don't have favorites among your children but you do have allies.

p. 167 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/zadie-smith/on-beauty/you-dont-have.md)

> He traced the genealogy of the feeling

p. 179 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/zadie-smith/on-beauty/he-traced-the.md)

> In a whisper he began begging for—and, as the sun set, received—the concession people always beg for: a little more time.

p. 398 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/zadie-smith/on-beauty/in-a-whisper.md)