“Having buck teeth in junior high,” she rounded up unsteadily, “must be ideal preparation for getting old. For pretty people, aging is… — Lionel Shriver Aging Copy Share Image
“I think that's the biggest favor you can grant anyone, don't you? Permission to be dull. I know Henry will sometimes say… — Lionel Shriver Love Copy Share Image
“I have theorized that you can locate most people on a spectrum of the crudest sort and that it may be their… — Lionel Shriver Copy Share Image
“But after I’d survived for so long on the scraps from my own emotional table, you spoiled me with a daily banquet… — Lionel Shriver Copy Share Image
Tory supporters are not spontaneously ashamed; they have been made to feel ashamed. British leftists fiercely believe they are right - in… — Lionel Shriver Copy Share Image
“they could make profitable use of his ample winnings and see the world. Were he not on tour for most of the… — Lionel Shriver Simple pleasures Copy Share Image
“Now, over the years I've been forced to conclude that most celebrations don't work. The more carefully planned a signal occasion, the… — Lionel Shriver Birthday Copy Share Image
“Once I was no longer fussing with my coat, he said, “You may be fooling the neighbors and the guards and Jesus… — Lionel Shriver Copy Share Image
The premiere of Lynne Ramsay's film of 'We Need To Talk About Kevin' at the Cannes film festival provides an apt juncture… — Lionel Shriver Cannes film festival Copy Share Image
“Just because there are lots of them doesn't mean that the hot apple pies aren't excellent or that it isn't a privilege… — Lionel Shriver Apple pie Copy Share Image
“A petty one, but most resentments are. And one that for its smallness I felt obliged to repress. For that matter, that… — Lionel Shriver Anger Copy Share Image
“I was disquieted to realize that he had ceased to call me anything at all. That seemed impossible, but your children generally… — Lionel Shriver Children Copy Share Image
One of my problems with terrorism is that it's self-evidently bad. The main thing that makes it complicated is the fact that… — Lionel Shriver Copy Share Image
I can't be alone among fiction writers in regarding the world, so much weirder than anything we could make up, as beating… — Lionel Shriver Alone Copy Share Image
“She had some appreciation for folks with a greed for sensation. Who were determined to "squeeze the orange" and press fresh experience… — Lionel Shriver Copy Share Image
