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Lucy Ellmann is a renowned British novelist born on October 18, 1956, in England. Her works are known for their unique narrative style and profound psychological insights, which have won her a dedicated following.

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“the fact that maybe men think if they just name everything, everything’ll be okay, the fact that it’s like dogs marking their territory”

Knowledge Words Categories Ownership Naming

Book:Ducks, Newburyport

Source: Ducks, Newburyport

“the fact that a police officer on TV said what used to be a fist fight or road rage is now a shooting, and what used to be a domestic dispute is now a gun rampage, and what used to be a tardy or disruptive student is now a school shooter, the fact that the police aren’t much better themselves, the fact that what used to be an arrest or a warning is now a split-second execution”

Violence Guns Escalation Shootings

Book:Ducks, Newburyport

Source: Ducks, Newburyport

“he fact that there seems to be no problem in America that can’t be solved by murdering your whole family or your boss or a whole crowd of strangers, and maybe yourself”

Suicide Problems Social Issues Homicide Shootings

Book:Ducks, Newburyport

Source: Ducks, Newburyport

“Men like war: they do not hold much sway over birth, so they make up for it with death. Unlike women, men menstruate by shedding other people's blood.”

People Men War Peace Blood Birth Shedding Blood

Author:Lucy Ellmann

“I was sorting through my mother's things. All the letters from friends had to go. I don't know why she kept them, and now they meant nothing to anybody alive. Each generation flushes the toilet for the last.”

Knows Lasts Mother Alive Generations Letters Toilets Sorting

Author:Lucy Ellmann

“Writing a novel without being asked seems a bit like having a baby when you have nowhere to live.”

Writing Seems Girl Bits Women Novel Baby Having A Baby Baby Girl

Author:Lucy Ellmann

“The secret idea she was forming of an afterlife gave her the foothold she needed to endure the agonies to come, a newfound courage and optimism which found instant expression through SHOPPING.”

Ideas Found Secret Expression Needed Optimism Endure Instant Shopping Afterlife Agony

Book:Dot in the Universe

Source: Dot in the Universe

About the Author

Born: October 18, 1956
Known for: Novelist
Quotes: 7

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