"Only a country that feels invulnerable can afford political turmoil as entertainment."

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Source : Lionel Shriver (2011). “We Need to Talk about Kevin”, p.25, Counterpoint Press

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“I am a Leo. I was born in August and I love the sunshine. I'm like a cat. We live in a very contemporary house with windows all around it. Wherever a sunspot is, I go to it with my yellow pad and my fountain pen and I write there.”
“one life would not suffice, mine especially. To touch everything and leave nothing after oneself! Ah! my God! I hope better than that. Ah! I am very cowardly, and under the blow of such a terror I am ready to believe in priests.”
“We are looking forward to Donald Trump releasing his medical information. Just making sure everybody is meeting at the same bar here.”
“[On old age:] You wake up one morning and you got it.”
“What does it mean to regret when you have no choice?”
“I don't want to wear my compositional tools on my sleeve.”
“I used to think that having lots of friends meant that you were happy. That's really not true. Having the right friends means that you're happy.”
“The Dance - it is the rhythm of all that dies in order to live again; it is the eternal rising of the sun.”

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