--- title: "7 Aunt Quotes By Margaret Atwood" description: "7 Aunt quotes by Margaret Atwood. Plus more from Margaret Atwood and more Aunt sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55a/margaret-atwood-40_aunt_but-whose-fault-was-it-aunt-helena-says_355836.jpg" --- > [“But whose fault was it? Aunt Helena says, holding up one plump finger. Her fault, her fault, her fault, we chant in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/but-whose-fault-was-it-aunt-helena-says-holding-up-one-plump-finger/) [Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55a/margaret-atwood-40_aunt_but-whose-fault-was-it-aunt-helena-says_355836.jpg) > [We are a society dying, said Aunt Lydia, of too much choice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/we-are-a-society-dying-said-aunt-lydia-of-too-much-choice/) [Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b7/margaret-atwood-40_aunt_we-are-a-society-dying-said-aunt-lydia-o_390351.jpg) > [“Where I am is not a prison but a privilege, as Aunt Lydia said, who is in love with either/or.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/where-i-am-is-not-a-prison-but-a-privilege-as-aunt-lydia-said-who-is/) [Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/676/margaret-atwood-40_aunt_where-i-am-is-not-a-prison-but-a-privile_554856.jpg) > [Ordinary, said Aunt Lydia, is what you are used to. This may not seem ordinary to you now, but after a time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/ordinary-said-aunt-lydia-is-what-you-are-used-to-this-may-not-seem/) [Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f8/margaret-atwood-40_aunt_ordinary-said-aunt-lydia-is-what-you-are_2581255.jpg) > [“My mother said Aunt Pauline meant kindly but had standars, which were all very well for those that could afford them.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/my-mother-said-aunt-pauline-meant-kindly-but-had-standars-which-were/) [Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59a/margaret-atwood-40_aunt_my-mother-said-aunt-pauline-meant-kindly_2860836.jpg) > [There is more than one kind of freedom," said Aunt Lydia. "Freedom to and freedom from. In the days of anarchy, it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/there-is-more-than-one-kind-of-freedom-said-aunt-lydia-freedom-to-and-3/) [Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/338/margaret-atwood-40_anarchy_there-is-more-than-one-kind-of-freedom-s_2894490.jpg) > [“I walk to the corner and wait. I used to be bad at waiting. They also serve who only stand and wait,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/i-walk-to-the-corner-and-wait-i-used-to-be-bad-at-waiting-they-also/) [Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f3/margaret-atwood-40_aunt_i-walk-to-the-corner-and-wait-i-used-to_3122433.jpg) ## Other authors on Aunt ## More by Margaret Atwood > [“I'm fine," said Pilar, "for the moment. And the moment is the only time we can be fine in.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/i-m-fine-said-pilar-for-the-moment-and-the-moment-is-the-only-time-we/) [Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/) > [And yet it disturbs me to learn I have hurt someone unintentionally. I want all my hurts to be intentional.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/and-yet-it-disturbs-me-to-learn-i-have-hurt-someone-unintentionally-i/) [Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/mary-some-call-this-eve-s-curse-but-i-think-that-is-stupid-because/) [Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/) > [“The birds were singing around me, but I reflected that the very birds were strangers to me, for I did not even know their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/the-birds-were-singing-around-me-but-i-reflected-that-the-very-birds/) [Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/) > [“Strange how we decorate pain. These ribbons, for instance, and the small hard teardrops of blood. Who are they for? Do we think the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/strange-how-we-decorate-pain-these-ribbons-for-instance-and-the-small/) [margaret atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/) > [I wanted to forget the past, but it refused to forget me; it waited for sleep, then cornered me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/i-wanted-to-forget-the-past-but-it-refused-to-forget-me-it-waited-for/) [Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/) > [“Back at home they drew the curtains and read, with disapproval, with relish, with avidity and glee - even the ones who'd never thought…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/back-at-home-they-drew-the-curtains-and-read-with-disapproval-with/) [Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/) > [“It's my fault. I am forgetting too much.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/it-s-my-fault-i-am-forgetting-too-much/) [Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/all-fiction-is-about-people-unless-it-s-about-rabbits-pretending-to/) [Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/) > [“Simon walks back to the house alone. The night is clear and warm, with a moon, almost full, enclosed in a nimbus of mist;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/simon-walks-back-to-the-house-alone-the-night-is-clear-and-warm-with/) [Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/) > [“There is indeed something delightful about being able to combine obedience and disobedience in the same act.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/there-is-indeed-something-delightful-about-being-able-to-combine/) [Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/every-time-the-women-appear-snowman-is-astonished-all-over-again-they/) [Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/) > [Once you publish a book, it is out of your control. You cannot dictate how people read it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/once-you-publish-a-book-it-is-out-of-your-control-you-cannot-dictate/) [Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/) > [“The more difficult it was to love the particular man beside us, the more we believed in Love, abstract and total. We were waiting,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/the-more-difficult-it-was-to-love-the-particular-man-beside-us-the/) [Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/) > [“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.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/she-knows-she-s-deceiving-herself-about-that-but-she-prefers-to/) [Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/aunt/margaret-atwood/#itemlist", "name": "7 Aunt Quotes By Margaret Atwood", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“But whose fault was it? Aunt Helena says, holding up one plump finger. Her fault, her fault, her fault, we chant in unison. Who led them on? Aunt Helena beams, pleased with us. She did. She did. 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