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Come Quotes by Margaret Atwood
- I hope that people will finally come to realize that there is only one 'race' - the human race - and that we are all…
- You're never going to kill storytelling, because it's built into the human plan. We come with it.
- As soon as you have a language that has a past tense and a future tense you're going to say, 'Where did we come from,…
- Debt is part of the human condition. Civilization is based on exchanges - on gifts, trades, loans - and the revenges and insults that come…
- The object is very clear in the fight against racism; you have reasons why you're opposed to it. But when you're writing a novel, you…
- You will always have partial points of view, and you'll always have the story behind the story that hasn't come out yet. And any form…
- As all historians know, the past is a great darkness, and filled with echoes. Voices may reach us from it; but what they say to…
- Stick a shovel into the ground almost anywhere and some horrible thing or other will come to light. Good for trade, we thrive on bones;…
- He's lost something, some illusion I used to think was necessary to him. He's come to realize he too is human. Or is this a…
- I lie on the floor, washed by nothing and hanging on. I cry at night. I am afraid of hearing voices, or a voice. I…
- A wave of blood goes up to my head, my stomach shrinks together, as if something dangerous has just missed hitting me. It's as if…
- There were a lot of gods. Gods always come in handy, they justify almost anything.
- Come away with me, he said, we will live on a desert island. I said, I am a desert island. It was not what he…
- For if the world treats you well, Sir, you come to believe you are deserving of it.
- Publishing a book is like stuffing a note into a bottle and hurling it into the sea. Some bottles drown, some come safe to land,…
- Every ending is arbitrary, because the end is where you write The end. A period, a dot of punctuation, a point of stasis. A pinprick…
- ... all this talking, this rather liquid confessing, was something I didn't think I could ever bring myself to do. It seemed foolhardy to me,…
- I would like to believe this is a story I’m telling. I need to believe it. I must believe it. Those who can believe that…
- By now you know: I come from another planet. But I will never say to you, "Take me to your leaders." Even I--unused to your…
- Instead I will say, "Take me to your trees. Take me to your breakfasts, your sunsets, your bad dreams, your shoes, your nouns. Take me…
- All fathers are invisible in daytime; daytime is ruled by mothers and fathers come out at night. Darkness brings home fathers, with their real, unspeakable…
More Come Quotes
- Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want… — Pietro Aretino
- I guess I wanted to leave America for awhile. It wasn't that I wanted to become an expatriate, or just never come… — Paul Auster
- Set lists are tough because you come up with this structure of how the songs are going to go from one to… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- There's no rule, no law, no regulation that says you can't come back. So I have every right to come back. — Lance Armstrong
- Obviously, I come from one background, and the people that design fitness equipment have been doing it for years and years, and… — Lance Armstrong
- Gliders, sail planes, they're wonderful flying machines. It's the closest you can come to being a bird. — Neil Armstrong
- Spare me the whispering, crowded room, the friends who come and gape and go, the ceremonious air of gloom - all, which… — Matthew Arnold
- I had some big ups and downs when I was in my 20s and the one thing I learned was, no matter… — Darren Aronofsky
- For every failure, there's an alternative course of action. You just have to find it. When you come to a roadblock, take… — Mary Kay Ash
- So many women just don't know how great they really are. They come to us all vogue outside and vague on the… — Mary Kay Ash
- Trust has to be earned, and should come only after the passage of time. — Arthur Ashe
- It's risky in a marriage for a man to come home too late, but it can sometimes pose an even greater risk… — Marcel Achard