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Lionel Shriver Quote: “Economics doesn’t reward nice. It rewards smart.”

251. “Economics doesn’t reward nice. It rewards smart.”

— Lionel Shriver

Lionel Shriver Quote: “And that was your perspective on your country as well: that it was not forever. That of course it was an empire, though that was nothing to be ashamed of. History is made of empires, and the United States was by far and away the greatest, richest, and fairest empire that had ever dominated the earth. Inevitably, it would fall. Empires always did. But we were lucky, you said. We got to participate in the most fascinating social experiment ever attempted.”

252. “And that was your perspective on your country as well: that it was not forever. That of course it was an empire, though that was nothing to be ashamed of. History is made of empires, and the United States was by far and away the greatest, richest, and fairest empire that had ever dominated the earth. Inevitably, it would fall. Empires always did. But we were lucky, you said. We got to participate in the most fascinating social experiment ever attempted.”

— Lionel Shriver

Lionel Shriver Quote: “She herself was only sixty, though hers was the first generation to append “only” to such a sobering milestone.”

253. “She herself was only sixty, though hers was the first generation to append “only” to such a sobering milestone.”

— Lionel Shriver

Lionel Shriver Quote: “I do not run the federal mint. If they’ve decided to save on the costs of production, good for them. In an era of belt-tightening, it makes no sense to lavish resources on a mere medium of exchange, which has no value in and of itself but only represents value.”

254. “I do not run the federal mint. If they’ve decided to save on the costs of production, good for them. In an era of belt-tightening, it makes no sense to lavish resources on a mere medium of exchange, which has no value in and of itself but only represents value.”

— Lionel Shriver

Lionel Shriver Quote: “The right to boss pregnant women around was surely on its way into the Constitution.”

255. “The right to boss pregnant women around was surely on its way into the Constitution.”

— Lionel Shriver

Lionel Shriver Quote: “Shep’s plight clearly illustrated that there was no point to anything and there was no relationship between virtue and reward and there never had been.”

256. “Shep’s plight clearly illustrated that there was no point to anything and there was no relationship between virtue and reward and there never had been.”

— Lionel Shriver

Lionel Shriver Quote: “We can be world-beaters, and run whole companies, and then claim to be traumatized by a hand on our knee when helplessness is politically useful.”

257. “We can be world-beaters, and run whole companies, and then claim to be traumatized by a hand on our knee when helplessness is politically useful.”

— Lionel Shriver

Lionel Shriver Quote: “Sometimes I feel it right under my ribs. In my throat. Under my breastbone. It moves around. Sometimes it lodges in my lower back, and I slump in my chair. It’s an ache. It feels a little bit like having a mobile tumor or blood clot or kidney stone.”

258. “Sometimes I feel it right under my ribs. In my throat. Under my breastbone. It moves around. Sometimes it lodges in my lower back, and I slump in my chair. It’s an ache. It feels a little bit like having a mobile tumor or blood clot or kidney stone.”

— Lionel Shriver

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