“An eye for an eye leads only to more blindness.” — Margaret Atwood, Cat’s Eye
Tag: Margaret Atwood
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“Stupidity is the same as evil if you judge by the results.” — Margaret Atwood, Surfacing
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“There is something reassuring about the toilets. Bodily functions at least remain democratic. Everybody shits.” — Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale
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“Little girls are cute and small only to adults. To one another they are not cute. They are life sized.” — Margaret Atwood, Cat’s Eye
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“The young habitually mistake lust for love, they’re infested with idealism of all kinds.” — Margaret Atwood, The Blind Assassin
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“But people will do anything rather than admit that their lives have no meaning. No use, that is. No plot.” — Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale
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“Time is not a line but a dimension, like the dimensions of space.” — Margaret Atwood, Cat’s Eye
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“You may not be able to alter reality, but you can alter your attitude towards it, and this, paradoxically, alters reality.” — Margaret Atwood, “Attitude,” Commencement Address, University Of Toronto (1983-06-14)
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“They taught me that the truth would make me free but failed to warn me of the kind of trouble I’d get into by trying to tell it – I remain duly grateful.” — Margaret Atwood, “Attitude,” Commencement Address, University Of Toronto, 14 June 1983
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“It’s a feature of our age that if you write a work of fiction, everyone assumes that the people and events in it are disguised biography — but if you write your biography, it’s equally assumed you’re lying your head off.” — Margaret Atwood, Writing Philosophy