“ Don't blame me, blame history, he says, smiling. Such things happen. Falling in love has been recorded, or at least those words have. Margaret Atwood
“ Did I really wear bathing suits, at the beach? I did, without thought, among men, without caring that my legs, my arms, my thighs and back were on display, could be seen. Shameful, immodest. Margaret Atwood
“ Creating some god for one's inspirations was always a good way to avoid accusations of pride should the scheme succeed, as well as the blame if did not. Margaret Atwood
“ Confronted by too much emptiness, said Adam One, the brain invents. Loneliness creates company as thirst creates water. How many sailors have been wrecked in pursuit of islands that were merely a shim… Margaret Atwood
“ Children were vehicles for passing things along. These things could be kingdoms, rich wedding gifts, stories, grudges, blood feuds. Through children, alliances were forged; through children, wrongs we… Margaret Atwood
“ By the time he got around to meaning it, the words had sounded fraudulent to him and he'd been afraid to pronounce them. Margaret Atwood
“ By now you must have guessed: I come from another planet. But I will never say to you, Take me to your leaders. ...Instead I will say, Take me to your trees. Take me to your breakfasts, your sunsets,… Margaret Atwood
“ But remember that forgiveness too is a power. To beg for it is a power, and to withhold or bestow it is a power, perhaps the greatest. Margaret Atwood
“ But if it’s a story, even in my head, I must be telling it to someone. You don’t tell a story only to yourself. There’s always someone else.Even when there is no one.A story is like a letter. Dear You… Margaret Atwood
“ But how can you have a sense of wonder if you’re prepared for everything? Prepared for the sunset. Prepared for the moonrise. Prepared for the ice storm. What a flat existence that would be. Margaret Atwood
“ But also I’m hungry. This is monstrous, but nevertheless it’s true. Death makes me hungry. Maybe it’s because I’ve been emptied; or maybe it’s the body’s way of seeing to it that I remain alive, conti… Margaret Atwood
“ But I was the daughter of a Naiad. Behave like water, I told myself. Don’t try to oppose them. When they try to grasp you, slip through their fingers. Flow around them. Margaret Atwood
“ But I began then to think of time as having a shape, something you could see, like a series of liquid transparencies, one laid on top of another. Margaret Atwood
“ Betty's now have a patio garden, where the tourists can sit in the sun and fry to a crisp; it's in the back, that little square of cracked cement where they used to keep the garbage cans. They offer t… Margaret Atwood
