“ I wasn't even sure I wanted a man in my life again; by that time I'd exhausted the notion that the answer to a man is another man, and I was out of breath. Margaret Atwood
“ I wait, for the household to assemble. Household: that is what we are. The Commander is the head of the household. The house is what he holds. To have and to hold, till death do us part. The hold of a… Margaret Atwood
“ I try to remember if the past was exactly like this. I'm not sure, now. I know it contained these things, but somehow the mix is different. A movie about the past is not the same as the past Margaret Atwood
“ I try to conjure, to raise my own spirits, from wherever they are. I need to remember what they look like. I try to hold them still behind my eyes, their faces, like pictures in an album. But they won… Margaret Atwood
“ I try to congure, to raise my own spirits, from wherever they are. I need to remember what they look like. I try to hold them still behind my eyes, their faces, like pictures in an album. But they won… Margaret Atwood
“ I sink down into my body as into a swamp, fenland, where only I know the footing. Treacherous ground, my own territory. I become the earth I set my ear against, for rumors of the future. Margaret Atwood
“ I see what he's after. He is a collector. He thinks all he has to do is give me an apple, and then he can collect me. Margaret Atwood
“ I reproached them all for not having told me of my son's departure, and for not stopping him, until that interfering old biddy Eurycleia confessed that she alone had aided and abetted him. Margaret Atwood
“ I remember the rules, rules that were never spelled out but every woman knew: Don't open your door to a stranger, even if he says he is the police. Make him slide his ID under the door. Don't stop on… Margaret Atwood
“ I remember adapt, says Toby. It was another way of saying tough luck. To people you weren’t going to help out. Margaret Atwood
“ I read about that in introduction to Psychology; that, and the chapter on caged rats who'd give themselves electric shocks for something to do And the one on the pigeons, trained to peck a button that… Margaret Atwood
“ I planned my death carefully, unlike my life, which meandered along from one thing to another, despite my feeble attempts to control it. Margaret Atwood
“ I know I was alright on Friday when I got up; if anything I was feeling more stolid than usual. Margaret Atwood
“ I don't want to see it. I don't want to look at something that determines me so completely. Margaret Atwood
“ I don't want to see anyone. I lie in the bedroom with the curtains drawn and nothingness washing over me like a sluggish wave. Whatever is happening to me is my own fault. I have done something wrong,… Margaret Atwood
“ I can tell you're admiring my febrility. I know it's appealing, I practice at it; every woman loves an invalid. But be careful. You might do something destructive: hunger is more basic than love. Flor… Margaret Atwood
“ I am tempted to think that to be despised by her sex is a very great compliment to a woman. Margaret Atwood
