Best Lionel Shriver Quotes
- It's always the mother's fault, ain't it?" she said softly, collecting her coat. "That boy turn out bad cause his mama a drunk, or she… Bad
- It isn't very nice to admit, but domestic violence has its uses. So raw and unleashed, it tears away the veil of civilization that comes… Admit
- Teachers were both blamed for everything that went wrong with kids and turned to for their every salvation. This dual role of scapegoat and savior… Better
- I thought at the time that I couldn't be horrified anymore, or wounded. I suppose that's a common conceit, that you've already been so damaged… Anymore
- Everything people do that doesn’t work has to be somebody else’s fault. Next time you know, geezers’ll be suing the government for getting old and… Came
- Kevin was a shell game in which all three cups were empty. All
- Only a country that feels invulnerable can afford political turmoil as entertainment. Afford
- I seem to remember even from when I was very young that when you loved someone you also hated them for making you love them,… From
- The only way my head was going truly somewhere else was to travel to a different life and not a different airport. Airport
- You were always uncomfortable with the rhetoric of emotion, which is quite a different matter from discomfort with emotion itself. Always Uncomfortable
- I have never in all my life considered you other people. All
- ...hoarders of guilty secrets are inevitably consumed with appearances. Appearance
- I realize it's commonplace for parents to say to their child sternly, 'I love you, but I don't always like you.' But what kind of… Always Like
- ...some people coddle their own afflictions the way others spoil small pedigreed dogs with cans of pate. Affliction
- I am vain, or once was, and one of my vanities was to feign that I was not. Feign
- I was mortified by the prospect of becoming hopelessly trapped in someone else's story. Becoming
- My own apathy is bone chilling. Apathy
- The good life doesn't knock on the door. Joy is a job. Door
- How lucky we are, when we're spared what we think we want! Inspirational
- A boy is a dangerous animal. Animal
- I have no end of failings as a mother, but I have always followed the rules. Always Followed
- Funny how you dig yourself into a hole by the teaspoon. Dig
- Expectations are dangerous when they are both too high and unformed. Both
- The secret is that there is no secret. Funny
- That boy hardly needed a mask when his naked face was already impenetrable. Boy