When Mexico enjoys an economic boom while the U.S. is in dire fiscal straights, it seemed perfectly credible that Mexico would not roll out the welcome mat for unemployed Americans.
Lionel Shriver...some people coddle their own afflictions the way others spoil small pedigreed dogs with cans of pate.
Lionel ShriverEverything people do that doesnโt work has to be somebody elseโs fault. Next time you know, geezersโll be suing the government for getting old and kidsโll be taking their mommies to court because they came out ugly.
Lionel ShriverA lot of people get so hung up on what they can't have that they don't think for a second about whether they really want it.
Lionel ShriverYet if there's no reason to live without a child, how could there be with one? To answer one life with a successive life is simply to transfer the onus of purpose to the next generation; the displacements amounts to a cowardly and potentially infinite delay. Your children's answer, presumably, will be to procreate as well, and in doing so to distract themselves, to foist their own aimlessness onto their offspring.
Lionel Shriver