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title: "8 Question Quotes By Margaret Atwood"
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> [“It was a question now, rather than a statement; a question with no answer.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/it-was-a-question-now-rather-than-a-statement-a-question-with-no/)

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

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> [When you're writing a novel, you don't want the reader to come out of it voting yes or no to some question.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/when-you-re-writing-a-novel-you-don-t-want-the-reader-to-come-out-of/)

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

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> [Science is a tool, and we invent tools to do things we want. It's a question of how those tools are used…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/science-is-a-tool-and-we-invent-tools-to-do-things-we-want-it-s-a/)

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

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> [What am I living for and what am I dying for are the same question.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/what-am-i-living-for-and-what-am-i-dying-for-are-the-same-question/)

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

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> [“Was she in any way like us? thinks Tony. Or, to put it the other way around: Are we in any way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/was-she-in-any-way-like-us-thinks-tony-or-to-put-it-the-other-way/)

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

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> [“though the real question is whether or not I will make you immortal.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/though-the-real-question-is-whether-or-not-i-will-make-you-immortal/)

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

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> [You can examine the whole 19th century from the point of view of who would have maxed out their credit cards. Emma…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/you-can-examine-the-whole-19th-century-from-the-point-of-view-of-who/)

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

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> [My favorite author's question of all time - because it's so simple to answer ... 'Is your hair really like that, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/my-favorite-author-s-question-of-all-time-because-it-s-so-simple-to/)

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

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## Other authors on Question

## 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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