“In ten years, you'll be on a stamp / where anyone at all can lick you.” — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
I used to act in college, but always comedy. Didn't do [William] Shakespeare - did Ben Jonson. — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“It's kind of shocking to hear Toby called a babe; sort of like calling God a studmuffin.” — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“Just what the doctor ordered, he says. A bottle of lemonade, a hard-boiled egg, and Thou.” — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“I already told you,” said Adam. “There is no need to swear.” “Sorry, it just fucking slipped out,” said Zeb.” — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“I reproached them all for not having told me of my son's departure, and for not stopping him, until that interfering old… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“She looks like a very young old person, or a very old young person; but then, she's looked that way ever since… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
Laughter may instruct but it may also conceal, defending the joker against anger and retaliation: a game is only a game. — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“I used to jog but it's bad for the knees. Too much beta carotene turns you orange, too much calcium gives you… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“The male frog, in mating season," said Crake, "makes as much noise as it can. The females are attracted to the male… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“He said, I won't have one of those things in the house. It gives a young girl a false notion of beauty,… — 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 Image
And yet it disturbs me to learn I have hurt someone unintentionally. I want all my hurts to be intentional. — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
I wanted to forget the past, but it refused to forget me; it waited for sleep, then cornered me. — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
“There is indeed something delightful about being able to combine obedience and disobedience in the same act.” — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“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 Image