Story Quotes by Margaret Atwood

12 Story quotes by Margaret Atwood

Atwood’s limited set still manages to convey her sharp commentary on narrative, making it a solid starter for anyone curious about her take on storytelling.

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In the end, we'll all become stories.

Margaret Atwood

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“If it's only a story, it becomes less frightening. The”

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You're never going to kill storytelling, because it's built into the human plan. We come with it.

Margaret Atwood

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The story as told in The Odyssey doesn't hold water. There are too many inconsistencies.

Margaret Atwood

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It's only afterwards that it becomes anything like a story at all. When you're telling it, to yourself or to someone else.

Margaret Atwood

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“Debt . . . . that peculiar nexus where money, narrative or story, and religious belief intersect, often with explosive force.”

Margaret Atwood

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“Roz is telling a story. That's what they will do, increasingly in their lives: tell stories. Tonight their stories will be about…

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There's the story, then there's the real story, then there's the story of how the story came to be told. Then there's…

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“I’m sorry there is so much pain in this story. I’m sorry it’s in fragments, like a body caught in crossfire or…

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You will always have partial points of view, and you'll always have the story behind the story that hasn't come out yet.…

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“But I have already told the beginning, so right now it's the middle. And Zeb is in the middle of the story…

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Storytelling is a very old human skill that gives us an evolutionary advantage. If you can tell young people how you kill…

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