Famous Lionel Shriver Quotes

  • …trying to be a good mother may be as distant from being a good mother as trying to have a good time is from truly having one. – Lionel Shriver

    …trying to be a good mother may be as distant from being a good mother as trying to have a good time is from truly having one.– Lionel Shriver

  • I have no end of failings as a mother, but I have always followed the rules. – Lionel Shriver

    I have no end of failings as a mother, but I have always followed the rules.– Lionel Shriver

  • A carpet of despair which lay underneath the levels of fury. – Lionel Shriver

    A carpet of despair which lay underneath the levels of fury.– Lionel Shriver

  • My mind is huge with little stories that I never told you. – Lionel Shriver

    My mind is huge with little stories that I never told you.– Lionel Shriver

  • You were patient, but I worried that your very patience tempted Kevin to try it. – Lionel Shriver

    You were patient, but I worried that your very patience tempted Kevin to try it.– Lionel Shriver

  • They were determined to find something mechanically wrong with him – because broken machines are easier to fix. p303 – Lionel Shriver

    They were determined to find something mechanically wrong with him – because broken machines are easier to fix. p303– Lionel Shriver

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

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

  • I glory in the emotionally commonplace – Lionel Shriver

    I glory in the emotionally commonplace– Lionel Shriver

  • If I was ever glad to have gone, I was never glad to go. – Lionel Shriver

    If I was ever glad to have gone, I was never glad to go.– Lionel Shriver

  • Needing kindness myself, I am kinder now, and we get on amazingly well. [p. 110] – Lionel Shriver

    Needing kindness myself, I am kinder now, and we get on amazingly well. [p. 110]– Lionel Shriver