But I was beginning to intuit that full-blown maturity was not so very different from childhood. Both states in their extreme were all about following the rules.
Lionel ShriverMots clés rules
...whenever a woman describes a man as sweet, the dalliance is doomed.
Lionel ShriverMots clés humor relationships
I realize it's commonplace for parents to say to their child sternly, 'I love you, but I don't always like you.' But what kind of love is that? It seems to me that comes down to, 'I'm not oblivious to you - that is, you can still hurt my feelings - but I can't stand having you around.' Who wants to be loved like that? Given a choice, I might skip the deep blood tie and settle for being liked. I wonder if wouldn't have been more moved if my own mother had taken me in her arms and said, 'I like you.' I wonder if just enjoying your kid's company isn't more important.
Lionel ShriverMots clés parenting unconditional-love
...hoarders of guilty secrets are inevitably consumed with appearances.
Lionel Shriver...trying to be a good mother may be as distant from being a good mother as trying to have a good time is from truly having one.
Lionel ShriverMots clés motherhood
...some people coddle their own afflictions the way others spoil small pedigreed dogs with cans of pate.
Lionel ShriverMots clés self-centeredness
I am vain, or once was, and one of my vanities was to feign that I was not.
Lionel ShriverMots clés vanity
I was mortified by the prospect of becoming hopelessly trapped in someone else's story.
Lionel ShriverMots clés story trapped mortified
My own apathy is bone chilling.
Lionel ShriverMots clés apathy
The good life doesn't knock on the door.
Joy is a job.
Mots clés happiness practice work joy effort
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