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Science and fiction both begin with similar questions: What if? Why? How does it all work? But they focus on different areas of life on… — Margaret Atwood
Once you publish a book, it is out of your control. You cannot dictate how people read it. — Margaret Atwood
Science is a tool, and we invent tools to do things we want. It's a question of how those tools are used by people. — Margaret Atwood
Our generation in the west was lucky: we had readymade gateways. We had books, paper, teachers, schools and libraries. But many in the world lack… — Margaret Atwood
Fiction is not necessarily about what you know, it's about how you feel. That is the truth about fiction, and the other truth is that… — Margaret Atwood
Storytelling is a very old human skill that gives us an evolutionary advantage. If you can tell young people how you kill an emu, acted… — Margaret Atwood
It's frightening how easy it is to commit murder in America. Just a drink too much. I can see myself doing it. In England, one… — Wystan Hugh Auden
Before people complain of the obscurity of modern poetry, they should first examine their consciences and ask themselves with how many people and on how… — Wystan Hugh Auden
Although most products will soon be too costly to purchase, there will be a thriving market in the sale of books on how to fix… — Norman Ralph Augustine
Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need; the remainder is needed by others. — Saint Augustine
How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it. — Marcus Aurelius
How much time he saves who does not look to see what his neighbor says or does or thinks. — Marcus Aurelius
I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all the rest of men, but yet sets less value on… — Marcus Aurelius
When thou art above measure angry, bethink thee how momentary is man's life. — Marcus Aurelius
How quick come the reasons for approving what we like! — Jane Austen
What wild imaginations one forms where dear self is concerned! How sure to be mistaken! — Jane Austen
I can never say 'why' about anything I do. I suppose I can say 'how' and 'when' and 'what.' But 'why' is impenetrable to me. — Paul Auster
People who don't like my work say that the connections seem too arbitrary. But that's how life is. — Paul Auster
Those of us who can remember our childhoods will recall how ardently we relished the moment of the bedtime story, when our mother or father… — Paul Auster
What used to keep me up at night was the fact that I didn't know how I was going to pay the rent. Now that… — Paul Auster
It is not seen as insane when a fighter, under an attack that will inevitable lead to his death, chooses to take his own life… — Emilie Autumn
How friendly all men would be one with another, if no regard were paid to honour and money! I believe it would be a remedy… — Teresa of Avila
Those who give themselves to prayer should in a special manner have always a devotion to St. Joseph; for I know not how any man… — Teresa of Avila
When I took the habit, the Lord immediately showed me how He favours those who do violence to themselves in order to serve Him. No… — Teresa of Avila
For better or worse, zoos are how most people come to know big or exotic animals. Few will ever see wild penguins sledding downhill to… — Diane Ackerman

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