Aunt Lydia Quote by Margaret Atwood

We are a society dying, said Aunt Lydia, of too much choice.

— Margaret Atwood

“We were a society dying, said Aunt Lydia, of too much choice.”

— Margaret Atwood

They seemed to be able to choose. We seemed to be able to choose, then. We were a society dying of too much choice.

— Margaret Atwood

“I've learned to do without a lot of things. If you have a lot of things, said Aunt Lydia, you get too attached to…

— Margaret Atwood

“I walk to the corner and wait. I used to be bad at waiting. They also serve who only stand and wait, said Aunt…

— Margaret Atwood

“Modesty is invisibility, said Aunt Lydia. Never forget it. To be seen – to be seen – is to be – her voice trembled…

— Margaret Atwood

“Modesty is invisibility, said Aunt Lydia. Never forget it. To be seen—to be seen—is to be—her voice trembled—penetrated. What you must be, girls, is…

— Margaret Atwood

“There is more than one kind of freedom, said Aunt Lydia. Freedom to and freedom from.”

— Anonymous

“...women on their own, making up their minds. They wore blouses with buttons down the front that suggested the possibilities of the word undone.…

— Margaret Atwood

“There is more than one kind of freedom, said Aunt Lydia. Freedom to and freedom from. In the days of anarchy, it was freedom…

— Margaret Atwood

“There is something powerful in the whispering of obscenities, about those in power. There’s something delightful about it, something naughty, secretive, forbidden, thrilling. It’s…

— Margaret Atwood

“Where I am is not a prison but a privilege, as Aunt Lydia said, who is in love with either/or.”

— Margaret Atwood