But indifference would ultimately commend itself as a devastating weapon.
Lionel ShriverTags: indifference weapon
In Kevin's book, unwitnessed disobedience is wasteful.
Lionel ShriverTags: disobedience
I was suffering from the delusion that it's the thought that counts.
Lionel ShriverTags: delusion
Discomfort begets discomfort in others.
Lionel ShriverTags: discomfort
Time hangs off me like molting skin.
Lionel ShriverTags: time
He didn't like to be seen needing it - as if hunger were a sign of weakness.
Lionel ShriverBut the one thing he could not have imagined is that we were withholding nothing. That there was nothing on the other side of our silly rules; nothing.
Lionel ShriverThat boy hardly needed a mask when his naked face was already impenetrable.
Lionel ShriverTags: mask
People seem to get used to anything, and it is a short step from adaptation to attachment.
Lionel ShriverTags: adaptation attachment
He looks uncomfortable, and in this respect the garb is apt. Kevin is uncomfortable; the tiny clothing replicates the same constriction that he feels in his own skin.
Lionel ShriverTags: constriction uncomfortable
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