All it takes,” said Crake, “is the elimination of one generation. One generation of anything. Beetles, trees, microbes, scientists, speakers of French,… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
In Shakespeare Saved My Life, [author Laura Bates] said she got better papers from [prisoners] than she got from people in her… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
Either I'm alive or I'm dying, she said to Daniel. Please don't feel you can't tell me. Which is it? Which does… — 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
Ordinary, said Aunt Lydia, is what you are used to. This may not seem ordinary to you now, but after a time… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
It is my contention that the process of reading is part of the process of writing, the necessary completion without which writing… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
Glenn used to say the reason you can't really imagine yourself being dead was that as soon as you say, 'I'll be… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
But the adjectives change,” said Jimmy. “Nothing’s worse than last year’s adjectives. — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
That was when they suspended the Constitution. They said it would be temporary. There wasn't even any rioting in the streets. People… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
There is more than one kind of freedom," said Aunt Lydia. "Freedom to and freedom from. In the days of anarchy, it… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
She imagines him imagining her. This is her salvation. In spirit she walks the city, traces its labyrinths, its dingy mazes: each… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
Come away with me, he said, we will live on a desert island. I said, I am a desert island. It was… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
Plato said that poets should be excluded from the ideal republic because they are such liars. I am a poet, and I… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
What people want is perfection," said the man. "In themselves." "But they need the steps to it to be pointed out," said… — 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
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