“Maybe it’s about who can do what to whom and be forgiven for it.” — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“All of this was understood, and if not condoned, at least pardoned.” — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“But remember that forgiveness too is a power. To beg for it is a power, and to withhold or bestow it is… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
... Remember that forgiveness too is a power. To beg for it is a power, and to withold or bestow it is… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“But remember that forgiveness too is a power. To beg for it is a power, and to withhold or bestow it is… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“Maybe it’s about who can do what to whom and be forgiven for it. Never tell me it amounts to the same… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“We dangle by a flimsy thread, Our little lives are grains of sand: The Cosmos is a tiny sphere Held in the… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“The truth is that very few understand the truth about forgiveness. It is not the culprits who need to be forgiven; rather… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“But if you happen to be a man, sometime in the future, and you’ve made it this far, please remember: you will… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“Now we come to forgiveness. Don't worry about forgiving me right now. There are more important things. For instance: keep the others… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“Forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. I refuse to say this. If it means I will… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
What is it the I'll want from you? Not love: that would be too much to ask. Not forgiveness, which isn't yours… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“It's impossible to say a thing exactly the way it was, because what you say can never be exact, you always have… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“And then everything went on very quietly for a fortnight, says Dr. Jordan. He is reading aloud from my confession. Yes Sir,… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
But remember that forgiveness too is a power. To beg for it is a power, and to withhold or bestow it is… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“I have enough daily bread, so I won't waste time on that. It isn't the main problem. The problem is getting it… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“It's impossible to say a thing exactly the way it was, because what you say can never be exact, you always have… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“She did understand, or at least she understood that she was supposed to understand. She understood, and said nothing about it, and… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“When I get out of here, if I'm ever able to set this down, in any form, even in the form of… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“UP You wake up filled with dread. There seems no reason for it. Morning light sifts through the window, there is birdsong,… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“I'm fine," said Pilar, "for the moment. And the moment is the only time we can be fine in.” — Margaret Atwood Copy Share
And yet it disturbs me to learn I have hurt someone unintentionally. I want all my hurts to be intentional. — Margaret Atwood Copy Share
“Mary: Some call this "Eve's curse," but I think that is stupid because the real curse of Eve was having to put up with… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share
“The birds were singing around me, but I reflected that the very birds were strangers to me, for I did not even know their… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share
“Strange how we decorate pain. These ribbons, for instance, and the small hard teardrops of blood. Who are they for? Do we think the… — margaret atwood Copy Share
I wanted to forget the past, but it refused to forget me; it waited for sleep, then cornered me. — Margaret Atwood Copy Share
“Back at home they drew the curtains and read, with disapproval, with relish, with avidity and glee - even the ones who'd never thought… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share
All fiction is about people, unless it's about rabbits pretending to be people. It's all essentially characters in action, which means characters moving through… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share
“Simon walks back to the house alone. The night is clear and warm, with a moon, almost full, enclosed in a nimbus of mist;… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share
“There is indeed something delightful about being able to combine obedience and disobedience in the same act.” — Margaret Atwood Copy Share
“Every time the women appear, Snowman is astonished all over again. They're every known colour from the deepest black to whitest white, they're various… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share
Once you publish a book, it is out of your control. You cannot dictate how people read it. — Margaret Atwood Copy Share
“The more difficult it was to love the particular man beside us, the more we believed in Love, abstract and total. We were waiting,… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share
“She knows she's deceiving herself about that, but she prefers to deceive herself. She desperately needs to believe such pure joy is still possible.” — Margaret Atwood Copy Share
