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
- “Membership of a larger group is not an identity. Being Asian is not an identity. Being gay is not an identity…”Lionel Shriver
- “The sign that I don't like the book I'm reading is finding myself watching reruns of 'Come Dine With Me.'”Lionel Shriver
- “For years I’d been awaiting that overriding urge I’d always heard about, the narcotic pining that draws child…”Lionel Shriver
- “In an era of weaponized sensitivity, participation in public discourse is growing so perilous, so fraught wit…”Lionel Shriver
Explore Gratitude
- “The Jewish people asked nothing of its sons except not to be denied. The world is grateful to every great man…”Theodor Herzl
- “Strange that men, from age to age, should consent to hold their lives at the breath of another, merely that e…”William Godwin
- “When I pull into a city and I rent a car and it's Nashville, or it's London, or I'm driving in the taxi to th…”Randy Bachman
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