“ What is a stromatolite? he asks rhetorically, his eyes gleaming. The word comes from the Greek stroma, a mattress, coupled with the root word for stone. Stone mattress: a fossilized cushion, formed by… Margaret Atwood
“ What he really wanted was revenge. But against whom, and for what? Even if he had the energy for it, even if he could focus and aim, such a thing would be less than useless. Margaret Atwood
“ We love each other, that’s true whatever it means, but we aren’t good at it; for some it’s a talent, for others only an addiction. Margaret Atwood
“ We lived, as usual by ignoring. Ignoring isn't the same as ignorance, you have to work at it. Margaret Atwood
“ Time has not stood still. It has washed over me, washed me away, as if I’m nothing more than a woman of sand, left by a careless child too near the water. Margaret Atwood
“ Those who live alone slide into the habit of vertical eating: why bother with the niceties when there's no one to share or censure? But laxity in one area may lead to derangement in all. Margaret Atwood
“ This is poetry, this songof the wind across teeth,this message from the flayed tongueto the flayed ear. Margaret Atwood
“ This has been her problem all her life: picturing other people's responses. She's too good at it. She can picture the response of anyone--other people's reactions, their emotions, their criticisms, th… Margaret Atwood
“ This goes along with another belief of mine: that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise. Margaret Atwood
“ Things written down can cause a great deal of harm. All too often, people don't consider that. Margaret Atwood
“ They’d like to see through me, but nothing is more opaquethan absolute transparency. Margaret Atwood
“ They should all be cheered by it, for isn't it what they want? What we all want: to leave a message behind us that has an effect, if only a dire one: a message that cannot be cancelled out. Margaret Atwood
“ There’s only so long you can feel sorry for a person before you come to feel that their affliction is an act of malice committed by them against you. At Margaret Atwood
“ There remains a mirror, on the hall wall. If I turn my head so that the white wings framing my face direct my vision towards it, I can see it as I go down the stairs, round, convex, a pier-glass, like… Margaret Atwood
“ There is indeed something delightful about being able to combine obedience and disobedience in the same act. Margaret Atwood
“ There is a little verse I remember from a child: Needles and pins, needles and pins,When a man marries his trouble begins. It doesn’t say when a woman’s trouble begins. Margaret Atwood
“ Then they fell from a joyous life in the moment into the anxious contemplation of the vanished past and the distant future. Margaret Atwood
