“ But not, surely, for the first time in human history. How many others have stood in this place? Left behind, with all gone, all swept away. The dead bodies evaporating like slow smoke; their loved and… Margaret Atwood
“ But maybe, underneath, she loves him too much. Maybe it's her excessive love that pushes him away. Margaret Atwood
“ But in life, a tragedy is not one long scream. It includes everything that led up to it. Hour after trivial hours, day after day, year after year, and then the sudden moment: the knife stab, the shell… Margaret Atwood
“ But if you happen to be a man, sometime in the future, and you’ve made it this far, please remember: you will never be subject to the temptation or feeling you must forgive, a man, as a woman. It’s di… Margaret Atwood
“ But if you happen to be a man, sometime in the future, and you've made it this far, please remember: you will never be subjected to the temptation of feeling you must forgive, a man, as a woman. Margaret Atwood
“ Break the link in time between one generation and the next, and it’s game over forever. Margaret Atwood
“ Boys by nature require these silences; they must not be startled by too many words, spoken too quickly. What they actually say is not that important. The important parts exist in the silences between… Margaret Atwood
“ Being socially retarded is like being mentally retarded, it arouses in others disgust and pity and the desire to torment and reform. Margaret Atwood
“ Because you are never herebut always there, I forgetnot you but what you look likeYou drift down the streetin the rain, your facedissolving, changing shape, the coloursrunning togetherMy walls absorby… Margaret Atwood
“ Because they were ready for us, and waiting. The moment of betrayal is the worst, the moment when you know beyond any doubt that you've been betrayed: that some other human being has wished you that m… Margaret Atwood
“ Be a good girl, she said. I hope you'll be a good sister to Laura. I know you try to be. I nodded. I didn't know what to say. I felt I was the victim of an injustice: why was it always me who was supp… Margaret Atwood
“ Attack, voraciouseating, and flight:it’s a sound routinefor staying alive on edges. Margaret Atwood
“ And yet it disturbs me to learn I have hurt someone unintentionally. I want all my hurts to be intentional. Margaret Atwood
“ And they’re smiling at her, not half-smiles either, but full-on total-face smiles that are only partly fake. Margaret Atwood
“ And he couldn't stand to be nothing, to know himself to be nothing. He needs to be listened to, he needs to be heard. He needs at least the illusion of being understood. Margaret Atwood
“ And I wondered what would become of me, and comforted myself that in a hundred years I would be dead and at peace, and in my grave; and I thought it might be less trouble altogether, to be in it a goo… Margaret Atwood
“ All those years I'd kept an outline of my father in my head, like a chalk line enclosing a father-shaped space. When I was little, I'd coloured it in often enough. But those colours had been too brigh… Margaret Atwood
“ All observations of life are harsh, because life is. I lament that fact, but I cannot change it. Margaret Atwood
“ All I can hope for is a reconstruction: the way love feels is always only approximate. Margaret Atwood
