“ I feel like cotton candy: sugar and air. Squeeze me and I’d turn into a small sickly damp wad of weeping pinky-red. Margaret Atwood
“ I don’t even close my eyes. Out there or inside my head, it’s an equal darkness. Or light. Margaret Atwood
“ I can’t believe in my own sadness, I can’t take it seriously. I watch myself crying in the mirror, intrigued by the sight of tears. Margaret Atwood
“ I avoid looking down at my body, not so much because it's shameful or immodest but because I don't want to see it. I don't want to look at something that determines me so completely. I Margaret Atwood
“ I already told you, said Adam. There is no need to swear.Sorry, it just fucking slipped out, said Zeb. Margaret Atwood
“ Humanity is so adaptable [...] Truly amazing, what people can get used to, as long as there are a few compensations. Margaret Atwood
“ Human understanding is fallible, and we see through a glass, darkly. Any religion is a shadow of God. But the shadows of God are not God. Margaret Atwood
“ How could a person be caught that way, in an instant, by a glance, the lift of an eyebrow, the curve of an arm? But he was. Margaret Atwood
“ He’s a young man, my own age or a little older, which is young for a man although not for a woman, Margaret Atwood
“ Hatred would have been easier. With hatred, I would have known what to do. Hatred is clear, metallic, one-handed, unwavering; unlike love. Margaret Atwood
“ Falling in love... how could he have made such light of it? Sneered even. As if it was trivial for us, a frill, a whim. It was, on the contrary, heavy going. It was the central thing, the way you unde… Margaret Atwood
“ Everyone believed him of course, but you always knew with Salome that if anyone’s head was going to roll it wouldn’t be hers. Margaret Atwood
“ Dead was not an absolute concept to her. Some people were more dead than others, and finally it was a matter of opinion who was dead and who was alive, so it was best not to discuss such a thing. Margaret Atwood
“ But I'm ravenous for news, any kind of news; even if it's false news, it must mean something. Margaret Atwood
“ A voice is a human gift it should be cherished and used to utter as fully human speech as possible. Powerlessness and silence go together. Margaret Atwood
“ You're sad because you're sad.It's psychic. It's the age. It's chemical.Go see a shrink or take a pill,or hug your sadness like an eyeless dollyou need to sleep.Well, all children are sadbut some get… Margaret Atwood
