“All these men afraid of bein’ crowded, ain’t they? They need all this room, they afraid some woman gonna crawl in their… — Lionel Shriver Born alone Copy Share Image
The financial industry may not be synonymous with economics, but it does control a large enough sector of the global economy to… — Lionel Shriver Control Copy Share Image
“Pregnancy had seemed a reasonable excuse for letting her metal-smithing tools languish, but that accounted for only eighteen months of the last… — Lionel Shriver Artists Copy Share Image
“What did I expect, that you would wrap my rib cage with those enormous hands in which horses must be measured, lifting… — Lionel Shriver Rib cage 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
Hungry for both fantasy and inspiration, readers crave protagonists who, after overcoming seemingly insurmountable obstacles, triumph at the end of the day. — Lionel Shriver Books Copy Share Image
Most women work not from yearning for fulfilment but yearning to pay the mortgage. — Lionel Shriver Mortgage Copy Share Image
“And Lawrence was afraid of the main thing. He had a tendency to talk feverishly all around the main thing, as if… — Lionel Shriver Copy Share Image
“And one of our consuming diversions as we age is to recite, not only to others but to ourselves, our own story.” — Lionel Shriver Copy Share Image
“The gap between most people’s capacity to conjure beauty from scratch and to merely recognize it when they see it is the… — Lionel Shriver Atlantic ocean Copy Share Image
In grad school, I took a workshop with Scott Spencer, whose excellent novel 'Endless Love' had just been turned into a film.… — Lionel Shriver Cinema Copy Share Image
“Thus even tragedy can be accompanied by a trace of relief. The discovery that heartbreak is indeed heartbreaking consoles us about our… — Lionel Shriver Nature of man Copy Share Image
“...I long ago gave up defending humanity. It's beyond me on most days to defend myself.” — Lionel Shriver Long ago Copy Share Image
We need to recognise that slowing population growth is one of the most cost-effective and reliable ways of easing pressure on our… — Lionel Shriver Cost Copy Share Image
February is for curmudgeons, whinge-bags, and misanthropes. You can't begrudge us one month of the year or blame us for being even… — Lionel Shriver Blame Copy Share Image
In the perfect world, no one would need pre-nups. But all too often, a misty-eyed romancer at the altar transforms into a… — Lionel Shriver Marriage Copy Share Image
“The energy it sapped from him, not being able to protect her. You wouldn't think that something you couldn't do and were… — Lionel Shriver Energy Copy Share Image
“Great American Novel” = ”doorstop of a book, usually pretentious, written by a man.” — Lionel Shriver Book Copy Share Image
When you've been afraid of something for long enough and it comes to pass, the terrible thing is a release. For in… — Lionel Shriver Badness Copy Share Image
“Outside, she thought that there ought to be a word for it: the air temperature that was perfectly neither hot nor cold.… — Lionel Shriver Happiness Copy Share Image
“For that matter, all this, is there a God? Corlis -- I don't care!" "Huh," I considered. "I guess I don't either".… — Lionel Shriver Human nature Copy Share Image
“It was really rather wretched that you couldn’t will yourself to fall in love, for the very effort can keep falling at… — Lionel Shriver Fall in love Copy Share Image
“I wonder if I wouldn't have been more moved if my own mother had taken me in her arms and said, 'I… — Lionel Shriver Business 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
