“Another belief of mine: that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise.”
— Margaret Atwood“I would like to be the air that inhabits you for a moment only. I would like to be that unnoticed and that necessary.”
— Margaret Atwood“Hatred would have been easier. With hatred, I would have known what to do. Hatred is clear, metallic, one-handed, unwavering; unlike love.”
— Margaret Atwood“All you have to do, I tell myself, is keep your mouth shut and look stupid. It shouldn't be that hard.”
— Margaret Atwood“There were a lot of gods. Gods always come in handy, they justify almost anything.”
— Margaret Atwood“A truth should exist,it should not be usedlike this. If I love youis that a fact or a weapon?”
— Margaret Atwood“Kill what you can't savewhat you can't eat throw outwhat you can't throw out buryWhat you can't bury give awaywhat you can't give away you must carry with you,it is always heavier than you thought.”
— Margaret Atwood“Where do the words gowhen we have said them?”
— Margaret AtwoodSexual hunger is a force that can both unite and isolate, a paradox of human desire.
— Margaret Atwood