“ He loved her; in some ways he was devoted to her. But he couldn't reach her, and it was the same on her side. It was as if they'd drunk some fatal potion that would keep them forever apart, even thoug… Margaret Atwood
“ Debt . . . . that peculiar nexus where money, narrative or story, and religious belief intersect, often with explosive force. Margaret Atwood
“ I hate to tell you this, but you will never actually go to a galaxy far, far away and encounter Darth Vader. That's science fiction; it isn't going to happen. Margaret Atwood
“ UPYou wake up filled with dread.There seems no reason for it.Morning light sifts through the window,there is birdsong,you can't get out of bed.It's something about the crumpled sheetshanging over the… Margaret Atwood
“ What is it the I'll want from you? Not love: that would be too much to ask. Not forgiveness, which isn't yours to bestow. Only a listener, perhaps; only someone who will see me. Don't prettify me thou… Margaret Atwood
“ Though I knew how this failure would hurt you, I had to fold like a grey moth and let go.You could not believe I was more than your echo. Margaret Atwood
“ Does she ever see him watching her through the picture window? Most likely. Does she think he’s a lecherous old man? Very probably. But he isn’t exactly that. How to convey the mix of longing, wistful… Margaret Atwood
“ At some indeterminate point in their life cycles, they cause themselves to be placed in artificial stone or wooden cocoons, or chrysalises. They have an idea that they will someday emerge from these i… Margaret Atwood
“ As we know from the study of history, no new system can impose itself upon a previous one without incorporating many of the elements to be found in the latter... Margaret Atwood
“ When I am writing fiction, I believe I am much better organized, more methodical - one has to be when writing a novel. Writing poetry is a state of free float. Margaret Atwood
“ Please don't make the mistake of thinking that 'Oryx and Crake' is anti-science. Science is a way of knowing, and a tool. Like all ways of knowing and tools, it can be turned to bad uses. And it can b… Margaret Atwood
