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Margaret Atwood Quotes

Margaret Atwood quotes

Canadian Novelist, Writer, Poet November 18, 1939

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...how much needless despair has been caused by a series of biological mismatches, a misalignment of the hormones and pheromones? Resulting in the fact that the one you love so passionately won't or can't love you. As a species we're pathetic that way: imperfectly monogamous. Margaret Atwood
She wasn't ready to settle down, she told her friends. That was one way of putting it. Another was would have been that she had not found anyone to settle down with. There had been several men in her life, but they hadn't been convincing. They'd been somewhat like her table - quickly acquired, brightened up a little, but temporary. The time for that kind of thing was running out, however. She was tired of renting. Margaret Atwood
She said love was useless, because it led you into dumb exchanges in which you gave too much away, and then you got bitter and mean. Margaret Atwood
Margaret Atwood quote: "The Eskimo has fifty-names for snow because it is important to..."
The Eskimo has fifty-names for snow because it is important to them; there ought to be as many for love. Margaret Atwood
If I thought this would never happen again I would die. But this is wrong, nobody dies from lack of sex. It's lack of love we die from. Margaret Atwood
Margaret Atwood quote: "Maybe that's what love is, I thought: it's being pissed off."
Maybe that's what love is, I thought: it's being pissed off. Margaret Atwood
The prospect of his future life stretched before him like a sentence; not a prison sentence but a long-winded sentence with a lot of unnecessary subordinate clauses, as he was soon in the habit of quipping during Happy Hour pickup time at the local campus bars and pubs. He couldn’t say he was looking forward to it, this rest-of-his-life. Margaret Atwood
Margaret Atwood quote: "Nobody dies from the lack of sex. It's lack of love we die from."
Nobody dies from the lack of sex. It's lack of love we die from. Margaret Atwood
Margaret Atwood quote: "Love was like a steamroller. There was no avoiding it, it..."
Love was like a steamroller. There was no avoiding it, it went over you and you came out flat. Margaret Atwood
Margaret Atwood quote: "Messy love is better than none, I guess. I am no authority on..."
Messy love is better than none, I guess. I am no authority on sane living. Margaret Atwood
Margaret Atwood quote: "I knew what love was supposed to be: obsession with undertones..."
I knew what love was supposed to be: obsession with undertones of nausea. Margaret Atwood
Margaret Atwood quote: "He has been trying to sing. Love into existence again. And he..."
He has been trying to sing. Love into existence again. And he has failed Margaret Atwood
Margaret Atwood quote: "There are to be no toeholds for love. We are two-legged wombs,..."
There are to be no toeholds for love. We are two-legged wombs, that’s all: sacred vessels, ambulatory chalices. Margaret Atwood
Margaret Atwood quote: "But it's love that does us in."
But it's love that does us in. Margaret Atwood
Margaret Atwood quote: "A truth should exist, it should not be usedlike this. If I..."
A truth should exist, it should not be usedlike this. If I love youis that a fact or a weapon? Margaret Atwood

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