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An eye for an eye only leads to more blindness. — Margaret Atwood
'1984' is not a wonder tale. Not only could it happen, but it has happened, but under different names. — Margaret Atwood
Little girls are cute and small only to adults. To one another they are not cute. They are life-sized. — Margaret Atwood
Myths can't be translated as they did in their ancient soil. We can only find our own meaning in our own time. — Margaret Atwood
People use technology only to mean digital technology. Technology is actually everything we make. — Margaret Atwood
Science fiction, to me, has not only things that wouldn't happen, but other planets. — Margaret Atwood
Foreignness is all around. Only in the heart of the heart of the country, namely the heart of the United States, can you avoid such… — Margaret Atwood
I began writing at the age of 5, but there was a dark period between the ages of 8 and 16 when I didn't write.… — Margaret Atwood
The genesis of a poem for me is usually a cluster of words. The only good metaphor I can think of is a scientific one:… — Margaret Atwood
Perhaps there is only one cardinal sin: impatience. Because of impatience we were driven out of Paradise, because of impatience we cannot return. — Wystan Hugh Auden
No poet or novelist wishes he were the only one who ever lived, but most of them wish they were the only one alive, and… — Wystan Hugh Auden
The only correct actions are those that demand no explanation and no apology. — Red Auerbach
Any task can be completed in only one-third more time than is currently estimated. — Norman Ralph Augustine
The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page. — Saint Augustine
God loves each of us as if there were only one of us. — Saint Augustine
Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature. — Saint Augustine
Bad company is like a nail driven into a post, which, after the first and second blow, may be drawn out with little difficulty; but… — Saint Augustine
Blessedness consists in the accomplishment of our desires, and in our having only regular desires. — Saint Augustine
The only wealth which you will keep forever is the wealth you have given away. — Marcus Aurelius
Life is neither good or evil, but only a place for good and evil. — Marcus Aurelius

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