Lionel Shriver
Lionel Shriver is an acclaimed American author known for her incisive exploration of complex social issues and human psychology. Born in 1957 in North Carolina, she gained international fame with her novel "We Need to Talk About Kevin," which won the Orange Prize for Fiction in 2005. Shriver's work often challenges societal norms, and her sharp prose and thought-provoking narratives make her a prominent voice in contemporary literature.
Book summaries for books written by Lionel Shriver
Quotes
You do the best you can. You show up. You love your family.
It's far less important to me to be liked these days than to be understood.
I think it's a mistake to ever look for hope outside of one's self.
I wouldn't say I was a happy person. I'm not unhappy, but I'm not happy. I can be a little sweet-natured, you know, but mostly I'm kind of cynical and a little bit of a bitch.
There's a lot of lying in that house. A lot of pretending. And a lot of not telling.
There's always a source to a smell. It's not like a dream or a smell can come out of nowhere.
I'm sick of pretending that I'm not a total bitch.
I've never understood how a woman can ever do anything that is not in the interest of her children.
I think it's better to have tried and failed than to have never tried at all.
You can only hold onto the best bits of some people.
We may not always be able to choose the life we live, but we can choose the attitude with which we face it.
Nothing is so difficult as not deceiving oneself.