Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé (born 13 October 1999) is a British novelist, short-story writer and columnist.

Quotes

Ace of Spades (2021)

• I know no good comes from comparing what I have to what they have, but seeing all that money and privilege, and having none, hurts. I try to convince myself that being a scholarship kid doesn’t matter, that I shouldn’t care.
  • Part 1, Chapter 1, Page 18

• The familiar sense of peace rises inside, and my hands stretch toward the piano. And then I play.
  • Chapter 1

• Even though I know I shouldn’t care, it annoys me that when girls know what they want and how they’re going to get it, they’re seen as cocky. But guys who know what they want? They’re confident or strong.
  • Part 1, Chapter 2, Page 27

• Perhaps if hierarchies weren’t so important and people weren’t constantly trying to take me down, maybe I’d be more trusting of people, and Ava and I would be more than just two girls using each other to survive high school.
  • Part 1, Chapter 4, Page 39

• Most people think the three of us are friends, since we’re almost always seen together. But we’re not friends. Our relationship is a transaction.
  • Chapter 2

• High school is like a kingdom, only instead of temperamental royals, golden thrones, and designer outfits flown in from Europe, the hallways are filled with loud postpubescent teens, the classrooms with rows of wooden desks and students dressed in ugly plaid skirts, navy-colored slacks, and stiff blue blazers.
  • Chapter 2

External links

• Ace of Spades
• Ace of Spades