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Margaret Atwood Quotes

Margaret Atwood quotes

Canadian Novelist, Writer, Poet November 18, 1939

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Murderess, murderess, he whispers to himself. It has an allure, a scent almost. Hothouse gardenias. Lurid, but also furtive. He imagines himself breathing it as he draws Grace towards him, pressing his mouth against her. Murderess. He applies it to her throat like a brand. Margaret Atwood
Margaret Atwood quote: "I grew sodden with light; my skin on the inside glowed a dull..."
I grew sodden with light; my skin on the inside glowed a dull red. Margaret Atwood
Margaret Atwood quote: "We yearned for the future. How did we learn it, that talent..."
We yearned for the future. How did we learn it, that talent for insatiability? Margaret Atwood
Margaret Atwood quote: "What fiendishness went on in kitchens across the country, in..."
What fiendishness went on in kitchens across the country, in the name of providing food! Margaret Atwood
Maybe I don't really want to know what's going on. Maybe I'd rather not know. Maybe I couldn't bear to know. The Fall was a fall from innocence to knowledge. Margaret Atwood
I walk away from him. It's enormously pleasing to me, this walking away. It's like being able to make people appear and vanish, at will. Margaret Atwood
Was that the beginning, that evening? It's hard to know. Beginnings are sudden, but also insidious. They creep up on you sideways, they keep to the shadows, they lurk unrecognized. Then, later, they spring. Margaret Atwood
What was in them was promise. They dealt in transformations; they suggested an endless series of possibilities, extending like the reflections in two mirrors set facing one another, stretching on, replica after replica, to the vanishing point. Margaret Atwood
Margaret Atwood quote: "A hot wind was blowing around my head, the strands of my hair..."
A hot wind was blowing around my head, the strands of my hair lifting and swirling in it, like ink spilled in water. Margaret Atwood
Margaret Atwood quote: "Humanity is so adaptable [...] Truly amazing, what people can..."
Humanity is so adaptable [...] Truly amazing, what people can get used to, as long as there are a few compensations. Margaret Atwood
Margaret Atwood quote: "You think I'm not a goddess? Try me. This is a torch..."
You think I'm not a goddess? Try me. This is a torch song. Touch me and you'll burn. Margaret Atwood
Margaret Atwood quote: "But reality has too much darkness in it. Too many crows"
But reality has too much darkness in it. Too many crows Margaret Atwood
The story of Zenia ought to begin when Zenia began. It must have been someplace long ago and distant in space, thinks Tony; someplace bruised, and very tangled. A European print, hand-tinted, ochre-coloured, with dusty sunlight and a lot of bushes in it- bushes with thick leaves and ancient twisted roots, behind which, out of sight in the undergrowth and hinted at only by a boot protruding, or a slack hand, something ordinary but horrifying is taking place. Margaret Atwood
Margaret Atwood quote: "Genius is an infinite capacity for causing pain."
Genius is an infinite capacity for causing pain. Margaret Atwood
There's an epigram tacked to my office bulletin board, pinched from a magazine -- "Wanting to meet an author because you like his work is like wanting to meet a duck because you like pt. Margaret Atwood

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