“ After everything that's happened, how can the world still be so beautiful? Because it is. Margaret Atwood
“ According to Tobias, it was more difficult to seduce a stupid woman than an intelligent one because stupid women could not understand innuendo or even connect cause with effect. Margaret Atwood
“ A puff of air—whuff!—hits his ears, blows out the candle. He can't be bothered relighting it, because the bourbon is taking over. He'd rather stay in the dark. He can sense Oryx drifting towards him o… Margaret Atwood
“ A hot wind was blowing around my head, the strands of my hair lifting and swirling in it, like ink spilled in water. Margaret Atwood
“ A chair, a table, a lamp. Above, on the white ceiling, a relief ornament in the shape of a wreath, and in the center of it a blank space, plastered over, like the place in a face where the eye has bee… Margaret Atwood
“ The hearts gone bubonic with jealousy and greed, glinting through the vests and sweaters of anyone at all. Margaret Atwood
“ Hard to get the full view, of the sky, of anything. But we can do it, a little at a time, a quick move of the head, up and down, to the side and back. We have learned to see the world in gasps. Margaret Atwood
“ You don’t take a hammer – not to mention an electric screwdriver and a pipe wrench – to a guy’s computer without being quite angry. Margaret Atwood
“ You can't make an omelette without breaking eggs, is what he says. We thought we could do better.Better? I say, in a small voice. How can he think this is better?Better never means better for everyone… Margaret Atwood
“ You can mean more than one.You can mean thousands.I'm not in any immediate danger, I'll say to you.I'll pretend you can hear me.But it's no good, because I know you can't. Margaret Atwood
“ Where to start is the problem, because nothing begins when it begins and nothing's over when it's over, and everything needs a preface: a preface, a postscript, a chart of simultaneous events. Margaret Atwood
“ When you focus on details like this - close up, really clear, totally useless - you know you're in shock Margaret Atwood
“ When did the body first set out on its own adventures? Snowman thinks; after having ditched its old travelling companions, the mind and the soul, for whom it had once been considered a mere corrupt ve… Margaret Atwood
“ What will Ofwarren give birth to? A baby, as we all hope? Or something else, an Unbaby, with a pinhead or a snout like a dog's, or two bodies, or a hole in its heart or no arms, or webbed hands and fe… Margaret Atwood
“ What is the real breath of a man—the breathing out or the breathing in? Suchwas the nature of the gods Margaret Atwood
“ What he couldn't have in life he might still catch sight of through his art: just a glimpse, from the corner of his eye Margaret Atwood
“ Watch out for the leaders, Crake used to say. First the leaders and the led, then the tyrants and the slaves, then the massacres. That’s how it’s always gone. Margaret Atwood
