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Margaret Atwood quotes: But I began then to think of time as having a shape, something you could see, like a series of liquid transparencies, one laid on top of another. But I began then to think of time as having a shape, something you could see, like a series of liquid transparencies, one laid on top of another.
Margaret Atwood quotes: War is what happens when language fails. War is what happens when language fails.
Margaret Atwood quotes: Things that are falling apart encourage me: whatever else, I'm in better shape than they are. Things that are falling apart encourage me: whatever else, I'm in better shape than they are.
Margaret Atwood quotes: I have failed once again to fulfill the expectations of others, which have become my own. I have failed once again to fulfill the expectations of others, which have become my own.
Margaret Atwood quotes: they sleep, they can be startled, even there in the soothing of the heart, like waves on the shore around them. A they sleep, they can be startled, even there in the soothing of the heart, like waves on the shore around them. A
Margaret Atwood quotes: She is dying because she said.She is dying for the sake of the word.It is her body, silentand fingerless, writing this poem. She is dying because she said.
She is dying for the sake of the word.
It is her body, silent
and fingerless, writing this poem.
Margaret Atwood quotes: Nor did I make any distinctions between great literature and any other kind. I just liked reading. Nor did I make any distinctions between great literature and any other kind. I just liked reading.
Margaret Atwood quotes: I read for pleasure and that is the moment I learn the most. I read for pleasure and that is the moment I learn the most.
Margaret Atwood quotes: She had her reasons. Not that they were the same as anybody else's reasons. She had her reasons. Not that they were the same as anybody else's reasons.
Margaret Atwood quotes: We would like to hear the story of Fuck," says Abraham Lincoln politely. We would like to hear the story of Fuck," says Abraham Lincoln politely.
Margaret Atwood quotes: We have learned to see the world in gasps. We have learned to see the world in gasps.
Margaret Atwood quotes: People dressed in a certain kind of clothing are never wrong. Also they never fart. People dressed in a certain kind of clothing are never wrong. Also they never fart.
Margaret Atwood quotes: He put his arms around me. We were both feeling miserable. How were we to know we were happy, even then? Because we at least had that: arms, around. He put his arms around me. We were both feeling miserable. How were we to know we were happy, even then? Because we at least had that: arms, around.
Margaret Atwood quotes: At the very least we want a witness. We can't stand the idea of our own voices falling silent finally, like a radio running down. At the very least we want a witness. We can't stand the idea of our own voices falling silent finally, like a radio running down.
Margaret Atwood quotes: It's like the Vatican's porn collection," Zeb told her. "Safe in our hands. It's like the Vatican's porn collection," Zeb told her. "Safe in our hands.
Margaret Atwood quotes: Publishers are in business to make money, and if your books do well they don't care if you are male, female, or an elephant. Publishers are in business to make money, and if your books do well they don't care if you are male, female, or an elephant.
Margaret Atwood quotes: Extreme good, extreme evil: the abilities required are similar. Extreme good, extreme evil: the abilities required are similar.
Margaret Atwood quotes: He's coming to hate the gratitude of women. It is like being fawned on by rabbits, or like being covered with syrup: you can't get it off. He's coming to hate the gratitude of women. It is like being fawned on by rabbits, or like being covered with syrup: you can't get it off.
Margaret Atwood quotes: she was beginning to emerge from the initial sex-induced coma created by him through she was beginning to emerge from the initial sex-induced coma created by him through
Margaret Atwood quotes: His view of the world featured swift disasters set against a background of lurking doom, my cooking did nothing to contradict it. His view of the world featured swift disasters set against a background of lurking doom, my cooking did nothing to contradict it.
Margaret Atwood quotes: I've never understood why people consider youth a time of freedom and joy. It's probably because they have forgotten their own. I've never understood why people consider youth a time of freedom and joy. It's probably because they have forgotten their own.
Margaret Atwood quotes: Unlike some other religions, we have never felt it served a higher purpose to lie to children about geology. Unlike some other religions, we have never felt it served a higher purpose to lie to children about geology.
Margaret Atwood quotes: He was the kind of boy for whom cleverness was female. He was the kind of boy for whom cleverness was female.
Margaret Atwood quotes: I am too old to have ever been very worried about what "genre" any given book of mine might be. I read everything. I am easily amused. I am too old to have ever been very worried about what "genre" any given book of mine might be. I read everything. I am easily amused.
Margaret Atwood quotes: Am I shallow? she asks the mirror. Yes, I am shallow. The sun shines on the ripples where it's shallow. Deep is too dark. Am I shallow? she asks the mirror. Yes, I am shallow. The sun shines on the ripples where it's shallow. Deep is too dark.
Margaret Atwood quotes: I'm not interested in cutting the feet off my characters or stretching them to make them fit my certain political view. I'm not interested in cutting the feet off my characters or stretching them to make them fit my certain political view.
Margaret Atwood quotes: As a species we're doomed by hope, then? As a species we're doomed by hope, then?
Margaret Atwood quotes: His father was self-made, but his mother was constructed by others, and such edifices are notoriously fragile. His father was self-made, but his mother was constructed by others, and such edifices are notoriously fragile.
Margaret Atwood quotes: Left lipstick imprints the shape of grateful, rubbery sighs ... Left lipstick imprints the shape of grateful, rubbery sighs ...
Margaret Atwood quotes: Bad hearts have their uses; even I can see that. Bad hearts have their uses; even I can see that.
Margaret Atwood quotes: I used to jog but it's bad for the knees. Too much beta carotene turns you orange, too much calcium gives you kidney stones. Health kills. I used to jog but it's bad for the knees. Too much beta carotene turns you orange, too much calcium gives you kidney stones. Health kills.
Margaret Atwood quotes: Why do men feel threatened by women? Why do men feel threatened by women?
Margaret Atwood quotes: China does not exist. Nevertheless, she longs to be there. China does not exist. Nevertheless, she longs to be there.
Margaret Atwood quotes: A divorce is like an amputation, you survive but there's less of you. A divorce is like an amputation, you survive but there's less of you.
Margaret Atwood quotes: not hard-wired to individuate other people in numbers above two hundred, the size of the primal tribe, not hard-wired to individuate other people in numbers above two hundred, the size of the primal tribe,
Margaret Atwood quotes: He needed to exist only in the present, without guilt, without expectation. He needed to exist only in the present, without guilt, without expectation.
Margaret Atwood quotes: There is good and mediocre writing within every genre. There is good and mediocre writing within every genre.
Margaret Atwood quotes: To fix and make plausible, the nebulous emotions of my costumed heroins, like diamonds on a sea of dough. To fix and make plausible, the nebulous emotions of my costumed heroins, like diamonds on a sea of dough.
Margaret Atwood quotes: Time is going faster and faster; the days of the week whisk by like panties. Time is going faster and faster; the days of the week whisk by like panties.
Margaret Atwood quotes: I grew sodden with light; my skin on the inside glowed a dull red. I grew sodden with light; my skin on the inside glowed a dull red.
Margaret Atwood quotes: Love is giving, marriage is buying and selling. You can't put love into a contract. Love is giving, marriage is buying and selling. You can't put love into a contract.
Margaret Atwood quotes: We battled in secret, undeclared, and after a while I no longer fought back because I never won. The only defense was flight, invisibility. We battled in secret, undeclared, and after a while I no longer fought back because I never won. The only defense was flight, invisibility.
Margaret Atwood quotes: Now that she's the carrier of life, she is closer to death, and needs special security. Now that she's the carrier of life, she is closer to death, and needs special security.
Margaret Atwood quotes: But I'm ravenous for news, any kind of news; even if it's false news, it must mean something. We But I'm ravenous for news, any kind of news; even if it's false news, it must mean something. We
Margaret Atwood quotes: Nobody dies from the lack of sex. It's lack of love we die from. Nobody dies from the lack of sex. It's lack of love we die from.
Margaret Atwood quotes: WOMEN'S PRAYVAGANZA TODAY. The banner covers the building's former name, some dead president they shot. Below WOMEN'S PRAYVAGANZA TODAY. The banner covers the building's former name, some dead president they shot. Below
Margaret Atwood quotes: When they're gone out of his head, these words, they'll be gone, everywhere, forever. As if they had never been. When they're gone out of his head, these words, they'll be gone, everywhere, forever. As if they had never been.
Margaret Atwood quotes: I could do a good imitation of a competent young woman. I could do a good imitation of a competent young woman.
Margaret Atwood quotes: I am nervous about dogmas of any kind, whether they be religious, political, or anti-religious. Too many heads have rolled because of them. I am nervous about dogmas of any kind, whether they be religious, political, or anti-religious. Too many heads have rolled because of them.
Margaret Atwood quotes: The fact is that I hate this city. I've hated it so long I can hardly remember feeling any other way about it. The fact is that I hate this city. I've hated it so long I can hardly remember feeling any other way about it.
Margaret Atwood quotes: When demons are required someone will always be found to supply the part, and whether you step forward or are pushed is all the same in the end. When demons are required someone will always be found to supply the part, and whether you step forward or are pushed is all the same in the end.
Margaret Atwood quotes: The true story is vicious and multiple and untrue after all. Why do you need it? Don't ever ask for the true story. The true story is vicious and multiple and untrue after all. Why do you need it? Don't ever ask for the true story.
Margaret Atwood quotes: We immortals aren't misers - we don't hoard! Such things are pointless. We immortals aren't misers - we don't hoard! Such things are pointless.
Margaret Atwood quotes: Hatred and viciousness are addictive. You can get high on them. Hatred and viciousness are addictive. You can get high on them.
Margaret Atwood quotes: Life is warped. I'm just in sync. Life is warped. I'm just in sync.
Margaret Atwood quotes: An odd thing souvenir-hunting: now becomes then even while it is still now. An odd thing souvenir-hunting: now becomes then even while it is still now.
Margaret Atwood quotes: I always thought eating was a ridiculous activity anyway. I'd get out of it myself if I could, though you've got to do it to stay alive, they tell me. I always thought eating was a ridiculous activity anyway. I'd get out of it myself if I could, though you've got to do it to stay alive, they tell me.
Margaret Atwood quotes: wondering if Chuck had a soul, and if it was still hovering over his body like a feeble smell. wondering if Chuck had a soul, and if it was still hovering over his body like a feeble smell.
Margaret Atwood quotes: If the national mental illness of the United States is megalomania, that of Canada is paranoid schizophrenia. If the national mental illness of the United States is megalomania, that of Canada is paranoid schizophrenia.
Margaret Atwood quotes: Even an obvious fabrication is some comfort when you have few others. Even an obvious fabrication is some comfort when you have few others.
Margaret Atwood quotes: In the burned house I am eating breakfast.You understand? There is no house, there is no breakfast,yet here I am In the burned house I am eating breakfast.
You understand? There is no house, there is no breakfast,
yet here I am
Margaret Atwood quotes: But maybe, underneath, she loves him too much. Maybe it's her excessive love that pushes him away. But maybe, underneath, she loves him too much. Maybe it's her excessive love that pushes him away.
Margaret Atwood quotes: Some of our earliest writing, in cuneiform, was about who owes what. Some of our earliest writing, in cuneiform, was about who owes what.
Margaret Atwood quotes: It was like being in an elevator cut loose at the top. Falling, falling, and not knowing when you will hit. It was like being in an elevator cut loose at the top. Falling, falling, and not knowing when you will hit.
Margaret Atwood quotes: Winning intoxicates you, and numbs you to the sufferings of others. Winning intoxicates you, and numbs you to the sufferings of others.
Margaret Atwood quotes: I expect he did it awkwardly, but awkwardness in men was a sign of sincerity then. I expect he did it awkwardly, but awkwardness in men was a sign of sincerity then.
Margaret Atwood quotes: What you don't know won't hurt you. What you don't know won't hurt you.
Margaret Atwood quotes: Women can't hold property anymore, she said. It's a new law. Women can't hold property anymore, she said. It's a new law.
Margaret Atwood quotes: We get along by a symbiotic adjustment of habits and with a minimum of that pale-mauve hostility you often find among women. We get along by a symbiotic adjustment of habits and with a minimum of that pale-mauve hostility you often find among women.
Margaret Atwood quotes: For drinking Life there are two cups: The No Cup is bitter, the Yes Cup is yummy Now, which one would you rather have in your tummy? For drinking Life there are two cups: The No Cup is bitter, the Yes Cup is yummy
Now, which one would you rather have in your tummy?
Margaret Atwood quotes: What fiendishness went on in kitchens across the country, in the name of providing food! What fiendishness went on in kitchens across the country, in the name of providing food!
Margaret Atwood quotes: I particularly like Twitter, because it's short and can be very funny and informative. It's a little bit like having your own radio program. I particularly like Twitter, because it's short and can be very funny and informative. It's a little bit like having your own radio program.
Margaret Atwood quotes: Perhaps he was merely being friendly. Perhaps he saw the look on my face and mistook it for something else. Really what I wanted was the cigarette. Perhaps he was merely being friendly. Perhaps he saw the look on my face and mistook it for something else. Really what I wanted was the cigarette.
Margaret Atwood quotes: My red skirt is hitched up to my waist, though no higher. Below it the Commander is fucking. What he is fucking is the lower part of my body. My red skirt is hitched up to my waist, though no higher. Below it the Commander is fucking. What he is fucking is the lower part of my body.
Margaret Atwood quotes: (...) cause after a request like that there's always a next time, wether you say yes or no. (...) cause after a request like that there's always a next time, wether you say yes or no.
Margaret Atwood quotes: The Serpent is wise in that it lives in immediacy, without the need for the elaborate intellectual frameworks Humankind is The Serpent is wise in that it lives in immediacy, without the need for the elaborate intellectual frameworks Humankind is
Margaret Atwood quotes: I'm not going to have a husband anyway," said Laura. "I'm going to live by myself in the garage. I'm not going to have a husband anyway," said Laura. "I'm going to live by myself in the garage.
Margaret Atwood quotes: Every novel is-at the beginning-the same opening of a door onto a completely unknown space. Every novel is-at the beginning-the same opening of a door onto a completely unknown space.
Margaret Atwood quotes: A plane of cheekbone, A plane of cheekbone,
Margaret Atwood quotes: Whatever is silenced will clamor to be heard, though silently. A Whatever is silenced will clamor to be heard, though silently. A
Margaret Atwood quotes: Once they tried to save something, others or their own souls. Once they tried to save something, others or their own souls.
Margaret Atwood quotes: A scar is like writing on your body. It tells about something that once happened to you, such as a cut on your skin where blood came out. What A scar is like writing on your body. It tells about something that once happened to you, such as a cut on your skin where blood came out. What
Margaret Atwood quotes: I hear where you're coming from, as if the voice itself were a traveler, arriving from a distant place. Which it would be, which it is. I hear where you're coming from, as if the voice itself were a traveler, arriving from a distant place. Which it would be, which it is.
Margaret Atwood quotes: When I finally went to school I had to adjust to other girls and learn their fiendish ways. Having learnt them, I turned them on all and sundry. When I finally went to school I had to adjust to other girls and learn their fiendish ways. Having learnt them, I turned them on all and sundry.
Margaret Atwood quotes: It was only a dream. It was only a larval poem. - It was only a dream. It was only a larval poem. -
Margaret Atwood quotes: The use of "religion" as an excuse to repress the freedom of expression and to deny human rights is not confined to any country or time. The use of "religion" as an excuse to repress the freedom of expression and to deny human rights is not confined to any country or time.
Margaret Atwood quotes: I have long since decided if you wait for the perfect time to write, you'll never write. There is no time that isn't flawed somehow. I have long since decided if you wait for the perfect time to write, you'll never write. There is no time that isn't flawed somehow.
Margaret Atwood quotes: Knowing was a temptation. What you don't know won't tempt you. Knowing was a temptation. What you don't know won't tempt you.
Margaret Atwood quotes: You're to love as a cock-teaser is to fucking. You're to love as a cock-teaser is to fucking.
Margaret Atwood quotes: My transition from not being a writer to being one was instantaneous, like the change from docile bank clerk to fanged monster in "B" movies. My transition from not being a writer to being one was instantaneous, like the change from docile bank clerk to fanged monster in "B" movies.
Margaret Atwood quotes: For present purposes he's shortened the name. He's only Snowman. He's kept the abominable to himself, his own secret hair shirt. For present purposes he's shortened the name. He's only Snowman. He's kept the abominable to himself, his own secret hair shirt.
Margaret Atwood quotes: Besides, who would think of marrying a mothball? A question my mother put to me often, later, in other forms. Besides, who would think of marrying a mothball? A question my mother put to me often, later, in other forms.
Margaret Atwood quotes: Religious people of any serious kind made her nervous: they were like men in raincoats who might or might not be flashers. Religious people of any serious kind made her nervous: they were like men in raincoats who might or might not be flashers.
Margaret Atwood quotes: Just remember this, when the scream at last has ended and you've turned on the lights: by the rules of the game, I must always lie. Just remember this, when the scream at last has ended and you've turned on the lights: by the rules of the game, I must always lie.
Margaret Atwood quotes: whatever else women want to see, it's not themselves; not in their worst light anyway. whatever else women want to see, it's not themselves; not in their worst light anyway.
Margaret Atwood quotes: Buttered, I lie on my single bed, flat, like a piece of toast. I Buttered, I lie on my single bed, flat, like a piece of toast. I
Margaret Atwood quotes: I want to be valued, in ways that I am not; I want to be more than valuable. I want to be valued, in ways that I am not; I want to be more than valuable.
Margaret Atwood quotes: There's always a black market, there's always something that can be exchanged. There's always a black market, there's always something that can be exchanged.
Margaret Atwood quotes: Better not to invent her in her absence. Better to wait until she's actually here. Then he can make her up as she goes along. Better not to invent her in her absence. Better to wait until she's actually here. Then he can make her up as she goes along.
Margaret Atwood quotes: Backward glances are not encouraged. Backward glances are not encouraged.

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