Time is compressed like the fist I close on my knee... I hold inside it the clues and solutions and the power for what I must do now. Margaret Atwood closecluecompress Change image and share on social
The object is very clear in the fight against racism; you have reasons why you're opposed to it. But when you're writing a novel, you don't want the reader to come out of it voting yes or no to some question. Life is more complicated than that. Margaret Atwood clearcomplicatefight share on social
If you feel that there's the author and then the character, then the book is not working. People have a habit of identifying the author with the narrator, and you can't, obviously, be all of the narrators in all of your books, or else you'd be a very strange person indeed. Margaret Atwood authorbookcharacter share on social
Myths can't be translated as they did in their ancient soil. We can only find our own meaning in our own time. Margaret Atwood ancientfindmean Change image and share on social
Writers and books are cheap dates, especially when you compare the cost of a book with a ticket to the opera - or an NHL game. Margaret Atwood bookcheapcompare Change image and share on social
Their mothers had finally caught up to them and been proven right. There were consequences after all but they were the consequences to things you didn't even know you'd done. Margaret Atwood catchconsequencefinally Change image and share on social
If you're put on a pedestal, you're supposed to behave yourself like a pedestal type of person. Pedestals actually have a limited circumference. Not much room to move around. Margaret Atwood behavecircumferencelimit Change image and share on social
Science is a tool, and we invent tools to do things we want. It's a question of how those tools are used by people. Margaret Atwood inventpeoplequestion Change image and share on social
Little girls are cute and small only to adults. To one another they are not cute. They are life-sized. Margaret Atwood adultcutegirl Change image and share on social
Within one's own family, money is not the measure of things, unless the person is an absolute Scrooge. Only the most extreme kind of monster would put a price on everything. Margaret Atwood absoluteextremefamily Change image and share on social
