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Lionel Shriver Quotes about Country

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In a country that doesn't discriminate between fame and infamy, the latter presents itself as plainly more achievable.

In a country that doesn't discriminate between fame and infamy, the latter presents itself as plainly more achievable.

Lionel Shriver
Country, Fame, Latter
Lionel Shriver (2011). “We Need to Talk about Kevin”, p.168, Counterpoint Press

Only a country that feels invulnerable can afford political turmoil as entertainment.

Lionel Shriver
Country, Political, Entertainment
Lionel Shriver (2011). “We Need to Talk about Kevin”, p.25, Counterpoint Press

In the particular dwells the tawdry. In the conceptual dwells the grand, the transcendent, the everlasting. Earthly countries and single malignant boys can go to hell; the idea of countries and the idea of sons triumph for eternity.

Lionel Shriver
Country, Son, Boys
Lionel Shriver (2011). “We Need to Talk about Kevin”, p.88, Counterpoint Press

Many, if not most, countries blithely expect their citizens to have carte blanche access to the U.S., "land of immigrants," as a veritable human right, but put up all manner of barriers to Americans who want to emigrate in the opposite direction.

Lionel Shriver
Country, Blanche, Barriers
Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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