Different people Quote by Margaret Atwood

““They are as happy as they can be, given who they are. Though if they'd been different people they might have been happier.””

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“I'm fine," said Pilar, "for the moment. And the moment is the only time we can be fine in.”

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And yet it disturbs me to learn I have hurt someone unintentionally. I want all my hurts to be intentional.

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“The birds were singing around me, but I reflected that the very birds were strangers to me, for I did not even know their…

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“Strange how we decorate pain. These ribbons, for instance, and the small hard teardrops of blood. Who are they for? Do we think the…

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I wanted to forget the past, but it refused to forget me; it waited for sleep, then cornered me.

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“Back at home they drew the curtains and read, with disapproval, with relish, with avidity and glee - even the ones who'd never thought…

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“It's my fault. I am forgetting too much.”

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“Simon walks back to the house alone. The night is clear and warm, with a moon, almost full, enclosed in a nimbus of mist;…

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“There is indeed something delightful about being able to combine obedience and disobedience in the same act.”

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“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…

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