“ People need such stories, because however dark, a darkness with voices in it is better than a silent void. Margaret Atwood
“ None of them was willing to be a girl, he said. You can see why not.I know, right? I don't blame them, she said with a hard edge to her voice. Being a girl is the pits, trust me. Margaret Atwood
“ More recently, some of us have been able to infiltrate the new ethereal-wave system that now encircles the globe, and to travel around that way, looking out at the world through the flat, illuminated… Margaret Atwood
“ Miranda nods, because she knows that to be true: noble people don't do things for the money, they simply have money, and that's what allows them to be noble. They don't really have to think about it m… Margaret Atwood
“ It's the forties look, she says to George, hand on her hip, doing a pirouette. Rosie the Riveter. From the war. Remember her?George, whose name is not really George, does not remember. He spent the fo… Margaret Atwood
“ It's strange to remember how we used to think, as if everything were available to us, as if there were no contingencies, no boundaries; as if we were free to shape and reshape forever the ever—expandi… Margaret Atwood
“ It's strange to remember how we used to think, as if everything were available to us, as if there were no contingencies, no boundaries; as if we were free to shape and reshape forever the everexpandin… Margaret Atwood
“ It's somewhat daunting to reflect that Hell is -- possibly -- the place where you are stuck in your own personal narrative for ever, and Heaven is -- possibly -- the place where you can ditch it, and… Margaret Atwood
“ It's impossible to say a thing exactly the way it was, because what you say can never be exact, you always have to leave something out, there are too many parts, sides, crosscurrents, nuances; too man… Margaret Atwood
“ It would be nice to believe that love should be dished out in a fair way so that everyone got some. But that wasn't how it was going to be for me. Margaret Atwood
“ It wasn't so easy though, ending the war. A war is a huge fire; the ashes from it drift far, and settle slowly. Margaret Atwood
“ It was like being in an elevator cut loose at the top. Falling, falling, and not knowing when you will hit. Margaret Atwood
“ It was after the catastrophe, when they shot the president and machine-gunned the Congress and the army declared a state of emergency. They blamed it on the Islamic fanatics, at the time. Keep calm, t… Margaret Atwood
“ It is spring, and the night windis moist with the smell of turned loamand the early flowers;the moon pours out its beautywhich you see as beauty finally, warm and offering everything.You have only to… Margaret Atwood
“ It is always a mistake to curse back openly at those who are stronger than you unless there is a fence between. Margaret Atwood
“ Is that all there is? they must be thinking. Shouldn't it be less ordinary, more sordid, more epic, more truly harrowing, this flesh wound of your? Tell us more! Couldn't we please crank up the pain? Margaret Atwood
“ Is it disapproval or extreme lust? Toby wonders. With some men it’s hard to tell the difference. Margaret Atwood
“ In pictures like these there are always empty shoes. It's the shoes that get to me. Sad, that innocent daily task - putting your shoes on your feet, in the firm belief that you'll be going somewhere. Margaret Atwood
“ In Heaven, there are no debts - all have been paid, one way or another - but in Hell there's nothing but debts, and a great deal of payment is exacted, though you can't ever get all paid up. You have… Margaret Atwood
“ Immortality,' said Crake, ' is a concept. If you take 'mortality' as being, not death, but the foreknowledge of it and the fear of it, then 'immortality' is the absence of such fear. Babies are immort… Margaret Atwood
