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Famous Lionel Shriver Quotes
“Kevin was a shell game in which all three cups were empty.”
“Only a country that feels invulnerable can afford political turmoil as entertainment.”
“...hoarders of guilty secrets are inevitably consumed with appearances.”
“I am vain, or once was, and one of my vanities was to feign that I was not.”
“I was mortified by the prospect of becoming hopelessly trapped in someone else's story.”
“My own apathy is bone chilling.”
“The good life doesn't knock on the door. Joy is a job.”
“How lucky we are, when we're spared what we think we want!”
“A boy is a dangerous animal.”
“I have no end of failings as a mother, but I have always followed the rules.”
“Funny how you dig yourself into a hole by the teaspoon.”
“Expectations are dangerous when they are both too high and unformed.”
“The secret is that there is no secret.”
“That boy hardly needed a mask when his naked face was already impenetrable.”
“But indifference would ultimately commend itself as a devastating weapon.”
“I was suffering from the delusion that it's the thought that counts.”
“It's an apathy so absolute that it's like a hole you might fall in.”
“People seem to get used to anything, and it is a short step from adaptation to attachment.”
“Though surely to avoid attachments for fear of loss is to avoid life.”
“Funny how the nature of a normal day is the first memory to fade.”
“Half an ear cocked, something in me, all night, every night, is waiting for you to come home.”
“So many stories are determined before they start.”
“Maybe the greatest favour a spouse can tender is to overlook what you can't.”
“Life is never easy so that is why I never lie about my age. I want credit for every damned year.”