Share & Save
Meaning
Not documented yet.
When It Was Said
Not documented yet.
Who It Was Said To
Not documented yet.
Historical Context
Not documented yet.
Source
Not documented yet.
Original Language & Translation
Originally said in English.
Did They Really Say It?
Not documented yet.
Did You Know?
Not documented yet.
About Lionel Shriver
American author, journalist, and cultural commentator
Lionel Shriver is an American author, journalist, and cultural commentator. She is known for fiction and for her sharp public commentary, especially through her novel We Need to Talk About Kevin. Her novel We Need to Talk About Kevin won the Orange Prize for Fiction in 2005. Beyond her fiction, she has worked as a journalist and as a commentator on cultural questions, which gives her writing a distinctly observant and argumentative edge.
More from Lionel Shriver (137 quotes) →Keep reading Lionel Shriver
- “At the keyboard, unrelenting anguish about hurting other people's feelings inhibits spontaneity and constipat…”Lionel Shriver
- “For that matter, all this, is there a God? Corlis -- I don't care!""Huh," I considered. "I guess I don't eith…”Lionel Shriver
- “'The Feminine Mystique' goads me to gratitude that, thanks to forerunners like Betty Friedan, I've had the op…”Lionel Shriver
- “Membership of a larger group is not an identity. Being Asian is not an identity. Being gay is not an identity…”Lionel Shriver
More Books quotes
- “If you think of religion as something that offers a picture of something more grand than us, reading does the…”Meshack Asare
- “I stayed at 'Cosmo' well beyond my internship, moving up the ranks over some 15 years to become books editor,…”John Searles
- “I love picture books - with picture books, you can use words and pictures as a double act, even tell two diff…”Mini Grey
READ THE SOURCE
Books by Lionel Shriver
We need to talk about Kevin
2003
Post-Birthday World
2007
Big Brother
2013
So much for that
2010
Double fault
1997