Lionel Shriver Quotes

A collection of quotes by Lionel Shriver.

Lionel Shriver (N/A)

But keeping secrets is a discipline. I never use to think of

But keeping secrets is a discipline. I never use to think of myself as a good liar, but after having had some practice I had adopted the prevaricator's credo that one doesn't so much fabricate a lie as marry it. A successful lie cannot be brought into this world and capriciously abandoned; like any committed relationship it must be maintained, and with far more devotion than the truth, which carries on being carelessly true without any help. By contrast, my lie needed me as much as I needed it, and so demanded the constancy of wedlock: Till death do us part.

Truth Lie Lies

I suppose that's a common conceit, that you've already been

I suppose that's a common conceit, that you've already been so damaged that damage itself, in its totality, make you safe.

Safety

A successful lie cannot be brought into this world and capri

A successful lie cannot be brought into this world and capriciously abandoned; like any committed relationship, it must be maintained, and with far more devotion than the truth, which carries on being carelessly true without any help.

Deception/lying