“ I pray where I am, sitting by the window, looking out through the curtain at the empty garden. I don't even close my eyes. Out there or inside my head, it's an equal darkness. Or light.My God. Who Art… Margaret Atwood
“ I no longer think that anything can happen. I no longer want to think that way. Happen is what you wait for, not what you do; and anything is a large category. Margaret Atwood
“ I must admit it's a surprise to find myself still here, still talking to you. I prefer to think of it as talking, although of course it isn't: I'm saying nothing, you're hearing nothing. The only thin… Margaret Atwood
“ I love you. You're the only one. She isn't the first woman he's ever said that to. He shouldn't have used it up so much earlier in his life, he shouldn't have treated it like a tool, a wedge, a key to… Margaret Atwood
“ I lie flat, the damp air above me like a lid. Like earth. I wish it would rain. Better still, a thunderstorm, black clouds, lightning, ear-splitting sound. Margaret Atwood
“ I have a fork and a spoon, but never a knife… as if I’m lacking manual skills or teeth. I have both, however. That’s why I’m not allowed a knife. Margaret Atwood
“ I forgave her, of course. I always did; I had to, because there were only the two of us. The two of us on our thorn-encircled island, waiting for rescue; and, on the mainland, everyone else. Margaret Atwood
“ I don’t give a glance to what’s still on the walls, I hate those neo-expressionist dirty greens and putrid oranges, post this, post that. Everything is post these days, as if we’re all just a footnote… Margaret Atwood
“ I don't know why they are all so eager to be remembered. What good will it do them? There are some things that should be forgotten by everyone, and never spoken of again. Margaret Atwood
“ I didn't want him to become gray and multi-dimensional and complicated like everyone else. Was every Heathcliff a Linton in disguise? Margaret Atwood
“ I could spell it, I say. Write it down. He hesitates at this novel idea. Possibly he doesn't remember I can. I've never held a pen or a pencil, in this room, not even to add up the scores. Women can't… Margaret Atwood
“ I am sane. Sanity is a valuable possession; I hoard it the way people once hoarded money. I save it, so I will have enough, when the time comes. Margaret Atwood
“ I am alive, I live, I breathe, Iput my hand out, unfolded, into the sunlight. Where I am is not a prison but a privilege... Margaret Atwood
“ I am afraid of falling into hopeless despair, over my wasted life, and I am still not sure how it happened. Margaret Atwood
“ Human society, they claimed, was a sort of monster, its main by-products being corpses and rubble. Margaret Atwood
“ Human society, they claimed, was a sort of monster, its main by-products being corpses and rubble. It never learned, it made the same cretinous mistakes over and over, trading short-term gain for long… Margaret Atwood
“ Human beings- I've observed- are hot-wired for score keeping, and since they like to win, they're always going one better than the other fellow. Margaret Atwood
“ How potent was that word. With. He could never get used to her, she was fresh every time, she was a casketful of secrets. Any moment now she would open herself up, reveal to him the essential thing, t… Margaret Atwood
