--- title: "6 Boxes Quotes By Margaret Atwood" description: "6 Boxes quotes by Margaret Atwood. Plus more from Margaret Atwood and more Boxes sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/42b/margaret-atwood-40_bigs_science-fiction-went-through-a-period-th_1206116.jpg" --- > [Science fiction went through a period that was mostly object-oriented or inventions for distant galaxies.But when we cracked the genetic DNA code,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/science-fiction-went-through-a-period-that-was-mostly-object-oriented/) [Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/42b/margaret-atwood-40_bigs_science-fiction-went-through-a-period-th_1206116.jpg) > [He has to find more and better ways of occupying his time. His time, what a bankrupt idea, as if he's been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/he-has-to-find-more-and-better-ways-of-occupying-his-time-his-time/) [Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d4/margaret-atwood-40_belonging_he-has-to-find-more-and-better-ways-of-o_1211854.jpg) > [Perhaps they were looking for passion; perhaps they delved into this book as into a mysterious parcel - a gift box at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/perhaps-they-were-looking-for-passion-perhaps-they-delved-into-this/) [Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a5e/margaret-atwood-40_book_perhaps-they-were-looking-for-passion-pe_1465752.jpg) > [We have begun to slam doors, and to throw things. I throw my purse, an ashtray, a package of chocolate chips, which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/we-have-begun-to-slam-doors-and-to-throw-things-i-throw-my-purse-an/) [Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6e/margaret-atwood-40_boxes_we-have-begun-to-slam-doors-and-to-throw_1893303.jpg) > [Genres aren't closed boxes. Stuff flows back and forth across the borders all the time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/genres-aren-t-closed-boxes-stuff-flows-back-and-forth-across-the/) [Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d2/margaret-atwood-40_back_genres-aren-t-closed-boxes-stuff-flows-b_2914167.jpg) > [When we cracked the genetic DNA code, opened the big Pandora's box, and it really did become possible to produce chimeras, my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/when-we-cracked-the-genetic-dna-code-opened-the-big-pandora-s-box-and/) [Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c08/margaret-atwood-40_bigs_when-we-cracked-the-genetic-dna-code-ope_3057298.jpg) ## Other authors on Boxes ## 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/boxes/margaret-atwood/#itemlist", "name": "6 Boxes Quotes By Margaret Atwood", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Science fiction went through a period that was mostly object-oriented or inventions for distant galaxies.But when we cracked the genetic DNA code, opened the big Pandora's box, and it really did become possible to produce chimeras, my ears shot up.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Margaret Atwood" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/science-fiction-went-through-a-period-that-was-mostly-object-oriented/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/42b/margaret-atwood-40_bigs_science-fiction-went-through-a-period-th_1206116.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/42b/margaret-atwood-40_bigs_science-fiction-went-through-a-period-th_1206116.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/42b/margaret-atwood-40_bigs_science-fiction-went-through-a-period-th_1206116.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Science fiction went through a period that was mostly object-oriented or inventions for distant galaxies.But…” — Margaret Atwood", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "He has to find more and better ways of occupying his time. 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