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
Change is like that: you are no longer where you were; you are not yet where you will get; you are nowhere… — Lionel Shriver Change Copy Share Image
In my teens, I eyed my adulthood with trepidation, as if stalked by a stranger - one who would seize control as… — Lionel Shriver Adulthood 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 Clear head Copy Share Image
“Maybe it was different for you and Valerie, since you didn't like each other much. But many, perhaps most siblings share a… — Lionel Shriver Abuse of power Copy Share Image
“...Remember that nutty little story I told you about the first time I ever went overseas for my junior year abroad at… — Lionel Shriver First time Copy Share Image
It was important to me to put together a future history that would scan, and serve as the backdrop to the domestic… — Lionel Shriver Economics Copy Share Image
“You were patient, but I worried that your very patience tempted Kevin to try it.” — Lionel Shriver Patience Copy Share Image
At the keyboard, unrelenting anguish about hurting other people's feelings inhibits spontaneity and constipates creativity. — Lionel Shriver Creativity Copy Share Image
[Children] would have messed up my apartment. In the main, they are ungrateful. They would have siphoned too much time away from… — Lionel Shriver Apartment Copy Share Image
“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've found that people's generalizations are largely illuminating about themselves.” — Lionel Shriver 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 I am Copy Share Image
Giving anyone anything takes courage, since so many presents backfire. A gift conspicuously at odds with your tastes serves only to betray… — Lionel Shriver Backfire Copy Share Image
“You loved to savor the present tense and were more conscious than anyone I have ever met that its every constituent is… — Lionel Shriver Present tense Copy Share Image
Though surely to avoid attachments for fear of loss is to avoid life. — Lionel Shriver Attachment Copy Share Image
I have no end of failings as a mother, but I have always followed the rules. — Lionel Shriver Ends Copy Share Image
For that matter, thinking of one's self as exceptional is probably more the rule than not. — Lionel Shriver Exceptional Copy Share Image
In the big picture, few of our careers live up to the dreams we nursed when we were young. In fact, one… — Lionel Shriver Accomplishment Copy Share Image
“Sometimes things end worse for one side than the other. These 'injured parties' always seem to see themselves as victims of a… — Lionel Shriver Breaking up Copy Share Image
“At only ten a.m., Edgar found himself already eyeing the Doritos on the counter. One thing he hadn't anticipated about the 'home… — Lionel Shriver Home office Copy Share Image
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