Lionel Shriver's Quotes

Happiness isn't a position. It's a trajectory.

Lionel Shriver

In my country, we're sufficiently consumed by the concept of happiness that the right to its pursuit is enshrined in the Declaration of Independence. But what is happiness?

Lionel Shriver

In the perfect world, no one would need pre-nups. But all too often, a misty-eyed romancer at the altar transforms into a vengeful, avaricious fiscal predator when the marriage goes south.

Lionel Shriver

I have buckets of sympathy for the obese, often subject to cruelty, ridicule, denunciation, and contempt.

Lionel Shriver