Quote by Lionel Shriver Download Open image ““...never lie about my age because I want credit for every damned year.”” — Lionel Shriver ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.4 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“I am confessedly and unashamedly almost fifty years old and never lie about my age because I want credit for every damned year.” — Lionel Shriver Copy Share Image
Life is never easy so that is why I never lie about my age. I want credit for every damned year. — Lionel Shriver Copy Share Image
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The discovery that heartbreak is indeed heartbreaking consoles us about our humanity. — Lionel Shriver Copy Share Image
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In the particular dwells the tawdry. In the conceptual dwells the grand, the transcendent, the everlasting. Earthly countries and single malignant boys can go… — Lionel Shriver Copy Share Image
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My agent had warned that, while a fine film would do my profile a world of good, a bad one wouldn't help me at… — Lionel Shriver Copy Share Image
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