"I was suffering from the delusion that it's……" — Lionel Shriver

"I was suffering from the delusion that it's the thought that counts."

— Lionel Shriver

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66 Quotes by Lionel Shriver

Lionel Shriver has 66 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Life is never easy so that is why I never lie about my age. I want credit for every damned…
In the big picture I write for an audience of people I've never met. By the final draft I'm looking…
We need to recognise that slowing population growth is one of the most cost-effective and reliable ways of easing pressure…
Time itself made all things rare.
When you've been afraid of something for long enough and it comes to pass, the terrible thing is a release.…
A successful lie cannot be brought into this world and capriciously abandoned; like any committed relationship, it must be maintained,…
Built like an oak tree, against which I could pitch my pillow and read; mornings, I could curl into the…
...You can only subject people to anguish who have a conscience. You can only punish people who have hopes to…
You were ambitious - for your life, what it was like when you woke up in the morning, and not…
There is one province in which, sooner or later, virtually everyone gets dealt a leading role--hero, heroine, or villain.... Unlike…
Now, bitterly, with one sweep of the front door, the compassion was spent. To the degree that Lawrence's face was…
Yet Irina had once tucked away, she wasn't sure when or why, that happiness is almost definitionally a condition of…

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More Counts Quotes

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Accident counts for as much in companionship as in marriage. — Henry Adams
Nobody counts the number of ads you run; they just remember the impression you make. — William Bernbach
If a ballet dancer falls over, it's knowing how to get out looking clumsy that counts. — Ritchie Blackmore
All that counts in life is intention. — Andrea Bocelli
I passionately believe that's it's not just what you say that counts, it's also how you say it - that… — Alain de Botton
Theories are patterns without value. What counts is action. — Constantin Brancusi
I don't normally vote. I'm lazy and I never bought into the 'Every vote counts.' — Adam Carolla
Life is filigree work. What is written clearly is not worth much, it's the transparency that counts. — Louis-Ferdinand Celine
Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. — Winston Churchill
Showing up is not all of life - but it counts for a lot. — Hillary Clinton
To have a positive religion is not necessary. To be in harmony with yourself and the universe is what counts,… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The quality of your play never counts as much as the quality of your effort. — Bud Wilkinson

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