Mania Quotes

“The function of comment journalism was purely confirmatory.”
― Lionel Shriver, Mania

“can’t sit still for, and implicitly condone, this barrage of bigoted bilge.”
― Lionel Shriver, Mania

“Radical movements keep ratcheting up their demands, because nothing enervates a cause more than success. Crusaders resent having their purpose stolen out from under them by the fulfillment of their quest; reaching the promised land leaves seekers bereft. There's little to do in a utopian oasis but sip coconut water. So the journey must never be completed. The goal must remain out of reach. To preserve the perfect impossibility of getting there, the desired end point becomes ever more extreme.”
― Lionel Shriver, Mania