Lionel Shriver Quotes

The discovery that heartbreak is indeed heartbreaking consoles us about our humanity. Lionel Shriver Picture Quote

The discovery that heartbreak is indeed heartbreaking consoles us about our humanity.

— Lionel Shriver

Not that happiness is dull. Only that it doesn’t tell well. And Lionel Shriver Picture Quote

Not that happiness is dull. Only that it doesn’t tell well. And

— Lionel Shriver

I seem to remember even from when I was very young that Lionel Shriver Picture Quote

I seem to remember even from when I was very young that

— Lionel Shriver

Besides, I’d heard too many Karen Carpenter tales at Gladstone PTA meetings, Lionel Shriver Picture Quote

Besides, I’d heard too many Karen Carpenter tales at Gladstone PTA meetings,

— Lionel Shriver

It’s far less important to me to be liked these days than to be understood. Lionel Shriver Picture Quote

It’s far less important to me to be liked these days than to be understood.

— Lionel Shriver

It isn’t very nice to admit, but domestic violence has its uses. Lionel Shriver Picture Quote

It isn’t very nice to admit, but domestic violence has its uses.

— Lionel Shriver

I am in flight from my story every day, and it dogs me like a faithful stray. Lionel Shriver Picture Quote

I am in flight from my story every day, and it dogs me like a faithful stray.

— Lionel Shriver

But indifference would ultimately commend itself as a devastating weapon. Lionel Shriver Picture Quote

But indifference would ultimately commend itself as a devastating weapon.

— Lionel Shriver

Change is like that: you are no longer where you were; you Lionel Shriver Picture Quote

Change is like that: you are no longer where you were; you

— Lionel Shriver

Now, bitterly, with one sweep of the front door, the compassion was Lionel Shriver Picture Quote

Now, bitterly, with one sweep of the front door, the compassion was

— Lionel Shriver

So many stories are determined before they start. Lionel Shriver Picture Quote

So many stories are determined before they start.

— Lionel Shriver

The good life doesn’t knock on the door. Joy is a job. Lionel Shriver Picture Quote

The good life doesn’t knock on the door. Joy is a job.

— Lionel Shriver

Though it may be more romantic to picture the bereaved as gaunt, Lionel Shriver Picture Quote

Though it may be more romantic to picture the bereaved as gaunt,

— Lionel Shriver

Funny how you dig yourself into a hole by the teaspoon. Lionel Shriver Picture Quote

Funny how you dig yourself into a hole by the teaspoon.

— Lionel Shriver

Got nothing to do with trying. You like someone, or you don’t. Lionel Shriver Picture Quote

Got nothing to do with trying. You like someone, or you don’t.

— Lionel Shriver

In the particular dwells the tawdry. In the conceptual dwells the grand, Lionel Shriver Picture Quote

In the particular dwells the tawdry. In the conceptual dwells the grand,

— Lionel Shriver

…some people coddle their own afflictions the way others spoil small pedigreed Lionel Shriver Picture Quote

…some people coddle their own afflictions the way others spoil small pedigreed

— Lionel Shriver

Everything people do that doesn’t work has to be somebody else’ Lionel Shriver Picture Quote

Everything people do that doesn’t work has to be somebody else’

— Lionel Shriver

It’s always the mother’s fault, ain’t it?” she said softly, collecting her Lionel Shriver Picture Quote

It’s always the mother’s fault, ain’t it?” she said softly, collecting her

— Lionel Shriver

Secrets bind and separate in strict accordance with who’s in them . Lionel Shriver Picture Quote

Secrets bind and separate in strict accordance with who’s in them .

— Lionel Shriver

But keeping secrets is a discipline. I never use to think of Lionel Shriver Picture Quote

But keeping secrets is a discipline. I never use to think of

— Lionel Shriver

For that matter, thinking of one’s self as exceptional is probably more the rule than not. Lionel Shriver Picture Quote

For that matter, thinking of one’s self as exceptional is probably more the rule than not.

— Lionel Shriver

I was mortified by the prospect of becoming hopelessly trapped in someone else’s story. Lionel Shriver Picture Quote

I was mortified by the prospect of becoming hopelessly trapped in someone else’s story.

— Lionel Shriver

Time itself made all things rare. Lionel Shriver Picture Quote

Time itself made all things rare.

— Lionel Shriver

We need to recognise that slowing population growth is one of the Lionel Shriver Picture Quote

We need to recognise that slowing population growth is one of the

— Lionel Shriver

Perhaps I overemphasized the value of keeping busy…. I liked to imagine Lionel Shriver Picture Quote

Perhaps I overemphasized the value of keeping busy…. I liked to imagine

— Lionel Shriver

Holocausts do not amaze me. Rapes and child slavery do not amaze Lionel Shriver Picture Quote

Holocausts do not amaze me. Rapes and child slavery do not amaze

— Lionel Shriver

…whenever a woman describes a man as sweet, the dalliance is doomed. Lionel Shriver Picture Quote

…whenever a woman describes a man as sweet, the dalliance is doomed.

— Lionel Shriver

The existence of other people is essentially awkward. Lionel Shriver Picture Quote

The existence of other people is essentially awkward.

— Lionel Shriver

I never, ever took you for granted. We met too late for Lionel Shriver Picture Quote

I never, ever took you for granted. We met too late for

— Lionel Shriver

In the big picture I write for an audience of people I’ve Lionel Shriver Picture Quote

In the big picture I write for an audience of people I’ve

— Lionel Shriver

…You can only subject people to anguish who have a conscience. You Lionel Shriver Picture Quote

…You can only subject people to anguish who have a conscience. You

— Lionel Shriver

Funny how the nature of a normal day is the first memory to fade. Lionel Shriver Picture Quote

Funny how the nature of a normal day is the first memory to fade.

— Lionel Shriver

When you’ve been afraid of something for long enough and it comes Lionel Shriver Picture Quote

When you’ve been afraid of something for long enough and it comes

— Lionel Shriver

The only way my head was going truly somewhere else was to Lionel Shriver Picture Quote

The only way my head was going truly somewhere else was to

— Lionel Shriver

Life is never easy so that is why I never lie about Lionel Shriver Picture Quote

Life is never easy so that is why I never lie about

— Lionel Shriver

It is always difficult to impress the ignorant. Lionel Shriver Picture Quote

It is always difficult to impress the ignorant.

— Lionel Shriver

The fact that my clothing has been visually available to other people Lionel Shriver Picture Quote

The fact that my clothing has been visually available to other people

— Lionel Shriver

Half an ear cocked, something in me, all night, every night, is Lionel Shriver Picture Quote

Half an ear cocked, something in me, all night, every night, is

— Lionel Shriver

For the living, death is thievery. Lionel Shriver Picture Quote

For the living, death is thievery.

— Lionel Shriver

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