“ Another friend of mine used to maintain that airplanes stayed up in the air only because people believed—against reason—that they could fly: without that collective delusion sustaining them, they woul… Margaret Atwood
“ And I said that Crozier did not need to call Fuck right now because we were not in trouble and did not need his help. And Toby said, That's right, he doesn't like to be summoned on trivial matters. An… Margaret Atwood
“ A return to traditional values. Waste not want not. I am not being wasted. Why do I want? Margaret Atwood
“ A great fear came over me, and my body went entirely cold, and I stood as if paralyzed with fear; for I knew that the horse was no earthly horse, but the pale horse that will be sent at the Day of Rec… Margaret Atwood
“ Women on their own, making up their minds. They wore blouses with buttons down the front that suggested the possibilities of the word undone. These women could be undone; or not. They seemed to be abl… Margaret Atwood
“ Little girls are cute and small only to adults. To one another they are not cute. They are life-sized. Margaret Atwood
“ With shrunken fingerswe ate our oranges and bread,shivering in the parked car;though we know we had neverbeen there before,we knew we had been there before. Margaret Atwood
“ To fix and make plausible, the nebulous emotions of my costumed heroins, like diamonds on a sea of dough. Margaret Atwood
“ This could be a college guest room, for the less distinguished visitors; or a room in a rooming house, of former times, for ladies in reduced circumstances. That is what we are now. The circumstances… Margaret Atwood
“ The reason you can’t really imagine yourself being dead was that as soon as you say, I’ll be dead, you’ve said the word I, and so you’re still alive inside the sentence. And that’s how people got the… Margaret Atwood
“ The best and most cost-effective way to control women for reproductive and other purposes was through women themselves. For this there were many historical precedents; in fact, no empire imposed by fo… Margaret Atwood
“ Stringing up rival kings on trees, rejoicing in piles of heads – there was an element of childish glee in all of that. Margaret Atwood
“ She was beginning to emerge from the initial sex-induced coma created by him through Margaret Atwood
“ He hasn’t yet taken to crapping on the carpet and destroying the furniture and whining for meals, but close. Margaret Atwood
“ He doesn't know it, but this touching she does is not only compassionate, but possessive. Margaret Atwood
“ Bye-bye love, as in songs. All alone now. It was so sad. Why did such things have to disintegrate like that? Why did longing and desire, and friendliness and goodwill too, have to shatter into pieces?… Margaret Atwood
“ All she ever wanted was to be protected by layer upon layer of kind, soft, insulating money, Margaret Atwood
“ A flayed body untangledstring by string and hungto the wall, an agonized bannerdisplayed for the same reasonflags are. Margaret Atwood
“ You think you can get rid of things, and people too--leave them behind. You don't know yet about the habit they have, of coming back. Margaret Atwood
