The pediatrician must have thought me one of those neurotic mothers who craved distinction for her child but … - Lionel Shriver

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I know of nothing more valuable, when it comes to the all-important virtue of authenticity, than simply being who you are.

Lionel Shriver

The pediatrician must have thought me one of those neurotic mothers who craved distinction for her child but who in our civilization's latter-day degeneracy could only conceive of the exceptional in terms of deficiency or affliction.

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