“He'd been unable to discern whether this frantic bustle of hers was what it claimed to be - an ardent determination to… — Lionel Shriver Determination Copy Share Image
I'm sometimes asked if I get bored with talking about 'Kevin,' and of course, the short answer is yes. Nevertheless, after a… — Lionel Shriver Long Copy Share Image
I am hopeful that the concept of 'cultural appropriation' is a passing fad: people with different backgrounds rubbing up against each other… — Lionel Shriver Appropriation Copy Share Image
“With no interruptions to admire dolly outfits, no tomorrow is a school day, we gorged on fruit and sorbet and splashed immoderate… — Lionel Shriver Childless Copy Share Image
While one can't always begrudge the wealth of people who have at least produced something of value, the rich of the financial… — Lionel Shriver Money Copy Share Image
“That was one of your favorite themes: that profusion, replication, popularity wasn't necessarily devaluing, and that time itself made all things rare.… — Lionel Shriver Fleeting Copy Share Image
No eleven-year-old has any real grasp of death. He doesn't have any real concept of other people--that they feel pain, even that… — Lionel Shriver Adults Copy Share Image
“Then, you were always captivated by self-sacrifice. However admirable, your eagerness to give your life over to another person may have been… — Lionel Shriver Easy way Copy Share Image
“This was food without you. Our loft, rich with the international booty of baskets and carvings, took on the tacky, cluttered aspect… — Lionel Shriver Cluttered Copy Share Image
It isn't very nice to admit, but domestic violence has its uses. So raw and unleashed, it tears away the veil of… — Lionel Shriver Civilization Copy Share Image
“It was a whole world, his mouth, a whole unsuspected world, and kissing him occasioned the same sense of discovery as sliding… — Lionel Shriver Discovery Copy Share Image
“The word love was required to cover such a range of emotions that it almost meant nothing at all. Since the love… — Lionel Shriver Love Copy Share Image
I am bowled over by the massive number of remarkable people who face down the fact that no, they are not going… — Lionel Shriver Art Copy Share Image
I first foreswore motherhood when I was about eight years old. ... [Children] were annoying. We were loud and sneaky and broke… — Lionel Shriver Annoying Copy Share Image
In the particular dwells the tawdry. In the conceptual dwells the grand, the transcendent, the everlasting. Earthly countries and single malignant boys… — Lionel Shriver Boys Copy Share Image
![“I first foreswore motherhood when I was about eight years old. ... [Children] were annoying. We were loud and sneaky and broke things. As an eight-year-old, maybe I was simply mortified by the prospect of being saddled with myself.” quote by Lionel Shriver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/9ba/lionel-shriver-744_annoying_i-first-foreswore-motherhood-when-i-was_350277.jpg)
