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Couples stray,” said Edgar. “Part of the breaking-in process.”

“Not breaking in, breaking.” Nicola differed sharply. “You can glue people together again. But then your relationship’s like any other repaired object, with cracks, blobs of epoxy, a little askew. It’s never the same. I can see you haven’t a notion what I’m on about, so you’ll have to take my word for it.”

“Christ, you’re a babe in the woods.” Edgar stopped slicing tomatoes. “You got it ass-backward. A marriage perched like porcelain on the mantelpiece is doomed. Sooner or later grown-ups treat each other like shit. You gotta be able to kick the thing around, less like china than an old shoe—bam, under the bed, or walk it through some puddles. No love’s gonna last it if can’t take abuse.

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Just because there are lots of them doesn't mean that it isn't a privilege to live in a time when you can buy them for 99¢. (about Mcdonalds' apple pies)

Lionel Shriver

Stichwörter: consumerism little-things consumer-culture lionel-shriver

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They drummed into you that pain was good, you were supposed to go with it, push into the pain, and only... now... did I contemplate what retarded advice this was.

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They were determined to find something mechanically wrong with him - because broken machines are easier to fix.
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Lionel Shriver

Stichwörter: acceptance society-thinking society-humanity lionel-shriver we-need-to-talk-about-kevin

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They were determined to find something mechanically wrong with him - because broken machines are easier to fix.

Lionel Shriver

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My mind is huge with little stories that I never told you.