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title: "45 Ifs Quotes By Margaret Atwood"
description: "45 Ifs quotes by Margaret Atwood. Plus more from Margaret Atwood and more Ifs sayings from other authors."
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> [Things musicals taught me: All your problems will go away if you sing about it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/things-musicals-taught-me-all-your-problems-will-go-away-if-you-sing/)

[Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

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> [If you're not annoying somebody, you're not really alive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/if-you-re-not-annoying-somebody-you-re-not-really-alive/)

[Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

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> [Write down the thoughts and even more, write down a specific line. If you don't, it'll fly away forever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/write-down-the-thoughts-and-even-more-write-down-a-specific-line-if/)

[Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

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> [Anaesthesia, that's one technique: if it hurts, invent a different pain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/anaesthesia-that-s-one-technique-if-it-hurts-invent-a-different-pain/)

[Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

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> [Don't be married to a line or verse if it can't rhyme, fit the meter, or doesn't fit the outline.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/don-t-be-married-to-a-line-or-verse-if-it-can-t-rhyme-fit-the-meter/)

[Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

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> [Men and women are not "equal" if "equal" means "exactly the same." Our many puzzlements and indeed unhappinesses come from trying to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/men-and-women-are-not-equal-if-equal-means-exactly-the-same-our-many/)

[Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

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> [Publishers are in business to make money, and if your books do well they don't care if you are male, female, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/publishers-are-in-business-to-make-money-and-if-your-books-do-well/)

[Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

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> [Don’t sit down in the middle of the woods. If you’re lost in the plot or blocked, retrace your steps to where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/don-t-sit-down-in-the-middle-of-the-woods-if-you-re-lost-in-the-plot/)

[Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

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> [If a stranger taps you on the ass and says, "How's the little lady today!" you will probably cringe. But if he's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/if-a-stranger-taps-you-on-the-ass-and-says-how-s-the-little-lady/)

[Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

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> [The cat jumps up on the bed and tries to get onto my head. It's his way of telling whether or not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/the-cat-jumps-up-on-the-bed-and-tries-to-get-onto-my-head-it-s-his/)

[Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

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> [I am not running for mayor yet. But if it comes to be true that people cannot voice an opinion unless they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/i-am-not-running-for-mayor-yet-but-if-it-comes-to-be-true-that-people/)

[Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

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> [It's rather useless to write a gripping narrative with nothing in it but climate change because novels are always about people even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/it-s-rather-useless-to-write-a-gripping-narrative-with-nothing-in-it/)

[Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

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> [It's a feature of our age that if you write a work of fiction, everyone assumes that the people and events in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/it-s-a-feature-of-our-age-that-if-you-write-a-work-of-fiction/)

[Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

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> [Under the old system - which is now so archaic that a lot of people can't remember it - if you wanted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/under-the-old-system-which-is-now-so-archaic-that-a-lot-of-people-can/)

[Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

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> [You always think, 'Oh, if only I had a little chalet in the mountains! How great that would be and I'd do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/you-always-think-oh-if-only-i-had-a-little-chalet-in-the-mountains/)

[Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

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> [It's very hard for students not to be in debt unless they've got big scholarships or rich parents. And it's called investing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/it-s-very-hard-for-students-not-to-be-in-debt-unless-they-ve-got-big/)

[Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

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> [Some of the old diseases that we think are gone - case in point, measles - are back, now that somebody has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/some-of-the-old-diseases-that-we-think-are-gone-case-in-point-measles/)

[Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

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> [A lot of being a poet consists of willed ignorance. If you woke up from your trance and realized the nature of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/a-lot-of-being-a-poet-consists-of-willed-ignorance-if-you-woke-up/)

[Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

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> [If a god showed up every time you put a quarter in the prayer slot it wouldn't be God, it would be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/if-a-god-showed-up-every-time-you-put-a-quarter-in-the-prayer-slot-it/)

[Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

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> [It's a critical fallacy of our times ... that a writer should 'grow,' 'change,' or 'develop.' This fallacy causes us to expect…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/it-s-a-critical-fallacy-of-our-times-that-a-writer-should-grow-change/)

[Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

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> [If we read books all the time we would be very unhealthy, as we would not get any fresh air, exercise, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/if-we-read-books-all-the-time-we-would-be-very-unhealthy-as-we-would/)

[Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

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> [ One of the reasons \[William\] Shakespeare is so endlessly fascinating is that you can look at that figure from about 10 different… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/one-of-the-reasons-william-shakespeare-is-so-endlessly-fascinating-is/)

[Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

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> [Writers are much better behaved nowadays, for a couple of reasons. Once upon a time nobody was thinking of a career, unless…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/writers-are-much-better-behaved-nowadays-for-a-couple-of-reasons-once/)

[Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

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> [Somebody has been a complete ratbag all their life and they've gotten away with it, and they die happy and rich, we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/somebody-has-been-a-complete-ratbag-all-their-life-and-they-ve-gotten/)

[Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

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> [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/)

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> [It's true that there is a rescue thing in people, and not just rescuing the family, which is kind of obvious from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/it-s-true-that-there-is-a-rescue-thing-in-people-and-not-just/)

[Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

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> [Books are frozen voices, in the same way that musical scores are frozen music. The score is a way of transmitting the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/books-are-frozen-voices-in-the-same-way-that-musical-scores-are/)

[Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

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> [If you're a woman writer, sometime, somewhere, you will be asked: Do you think of yourself as a writer first, or as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/if-you-re-a-woman-writer-sometime-somewhere-you-will-be-asked-do-you/)

[Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

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> [Time has not stood still. It has washed over me, washed me away, as if I'm nothing more than a woman of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/time-has-not-stood-still-it-has-washed-over-me-washed-me-away-as-if-i/)

[Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

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> [I feel that the task of criticizing my poetry is best left to others (i.e. critics) and would much rather have it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/i-feel-that-the-task-of-criticizing-my-poetry-is-best-left-to-others/)

[Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

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> [If you disagree with your government, that's political. If you disagree with your government that is approaching theocracy, then you're evil.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/if-you-disagree-with-your-government-that-s-political-if-you-disagree/)

[Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

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> [Make the verses flow together. If a following verse has nothing to do with the previous, you may lose our listener/reader. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/make-the-verses-flow-together-if-a-following-verse-has-nothing-to-do/)

[Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

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> [I have long since decided if you wait for the perfect time to write, you'll never write. There is no time that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/i-have-long-since-decided-if-you-wait-for-the-perfect-time-to-write/)

[Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

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> [Everybody acts as if they have free will. They act as if they can make these decisions; do they know they don't?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/everybody-acts-as-if-they-have-free-will-they-act-as-if-they-can-make/)

[Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

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> [Remember that, my child. Remember you are half water. If you can't go through an obstacle, go around it. Water does.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/remember-that-my-child-remember-you-are-half-water-if-you-can-t-go/)

[Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

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> [I wish you good writing and good luck. Even if you've already done the good writing, you'll still need the good luck.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/i-wish-you-good-writing-and-good-luck-even-if-you-ve-already-done-the/)

[Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

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> [Writing is alone, but I don't think it's lonely. Ask any writer if they feel lonely when they're writing their book, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/writing-is-alone-but-i-don-t-think-it-s-lonely-ask-any-writer-if-they/)

[Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

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> [I did ... learn an important distinction in graduate school: a speculation about who had syphilis when is gossip if it's about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/i-did-learn-an-important-distinction-in-graduate-school-a-speculation/)

[Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

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> [I meet a lot of readers who first encountered my work in school. And I can only assume there is another group…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/i-meet-a-lot-of-readers-who-first-encountered-my-work-in-school-and-i/)

[Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

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> [Time is not a line but a dimension, like the dimensions of space. If you can bend space you can bend time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/time-is-not-a-line-but-a-dimension-like-the-dimensions-of-space-if/)

[Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

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## Other authors on Ifs

## 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/)

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