The masterstroke of male fraternity, I believed, was the practice of never speaking of anything remotely personal or related to one's emotions. That way, no one is ever made uncomfortable. Any such awkward moments can always be dispelled with a… — Lynn Coady Copy Share Image
“Then there are the other days, when nothing is enough. The poem grins. It grins because it knows it is a terrible poem. It… — Lynn Coady Copy Share
A dominant misconception among believers is that their atheist brethren are a slavering pack of hell-bound debauchees, gleefully wining and wenching their way through… — Lynn Coady Copy Share
Ever since 'Strange Heaven,' I haven't really reread my old work. Not so much because I don't like the writer I was, or because… — Lynn Coady Copy Share
There are people out there who genuinely love literature, who genuinely love to read and read widely, who will never like, or even necessarily… — Lynn Coady Copy Share
Here's the thing about lingerie: The only time we see it outside our own bedrooms, it is on women who are gloriously freakish in… — Lynn Coady Copy Share
The one thing I've always done as an author is talk to my publicists. Because they have all the best stories - and they… — Lynn Coady Copy Share
Literary readings aren't going to shake their reputation as the added-fibre of our entertainment diet until the people who organize and participate in them… — Lynn Coady Copy Share
I really do think of it in moral terms. I think that we can't kid ourselves that the storytelling impulse is innocent and does… — Lynn Coady Copy Share
One does not become an atheist out of a desire for hassle-free Sunday mornings. People come to atheism because they have a problem with… — Lynn Coady Copy Share
Atheism is a moral position - a rather rigid one, if you've ever read the opinions of its highest-profile espousers, Christopher Hitchens and Richard… — Lynn Coady Copy Share
Filtering can be a very good thing when it comes to human relationships and familial harmony. Yeah, filtering is often an absolute necessity. — Lynn Coady Copy Share
I know what the Giller nominee effect is, but we'll see what the next level is. — Lynn Coady Copy Share
Dating, like almost every other male-female interaction in present-day society, is based on outmoded and unequal social roles and expectations. — Lynn Coady Copy Share
It's the typical mid-life crisis kind of thing, where you just stop and wonder, 'Should I go back to university and get a law… — Lynn Coady Copy Share
