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Margaret Atwood Quotes

Margaret Atwood quotes about life

Canadian Novelist, Writer, Poet November 18, 1939

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I'm working on my own life story. I don't mean I'm putting it together; no, I'm taking it apart. If you'd wanted the narrative line you should have asked earlier, when I still knew everything and was more than willing to tell. That was before I discovered the virtues of scissors, the virtues of matches. Margaret Atwood
Margaret Atwood quote: "I'm working on my own life story. I don't mean I'm putting it..."
I'm working on my own life story. I don't mean I'm putting it together; no, I'm taking it apart. Margaret Atwood
Romance takes place in the middle distance. Romance is looking in at yourself through a window clouded with dew. Romance means leaving things out: where life grunts and shuffles, romance only sighs. Margaret Atwood
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 such stories are only stories have a better chance. If it’s a story I’m telling, then I have control over the ending. Then there will be an ending, to the story, and real life will come after it. I can pick up where I left off. Margaret Atwood
Life Stories: Why hunger for these? One, it fits a hunger. Maybe it is more like bossiness. Maybe we just want to be in charge of the life, no matter who lived it... Margaret Atwood
Margaret Atwood quote: "I am afraid of falling into hopeless despair, over my wasted..."
I am afraid of falling into hopeless despair, over my wasted life, and I am still not sure how it happened. Margaret Atwood
Margaret Atwood quote: "All observations of life are harsh, because life is."
All observations of life are harsh, because life is. Margaret Atwood
Margaret Atwood quote: "Potential has a shelf life."
Potential has a shelf life. Margaret Atwood
Margaret Atwood quote: "To take that risk, to offer life and remain alive, open..."
To take that risk, to offer life and remain alive, open yourself like this and become whole. Margaret Atwood

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