If a stranger taps you on the ass and says, "How's the little lady today!" you will probably cringe. But if he's an American, he's only being friendly. Margaret Atwood More Quotes by Margaret Atwood More Quotes From Margaret Atwood But who can remember pain, once it’s over? All that remains of it is a shadow, not in the mind even, in the flesh. Pain marks you, but too deep to see. Out of sight, out of mind. Margaret Atwood painsightmind I’m not sure which is worse: intense feeling, or the absence of it. Margaret Atwood intenseabsencefeelings poetry is where the language is renewed. Margaret Atwood languagepoetry-ispoetry It is my contention that the process of reading is part of the process of writing, the necessary completion without which writing can hardly be said to exist. Margaret Atwood readingprocesswriting You can only be jealous of someone who has something you think you ought to have yourself. Margaret Atwood being-jealousjealousythinking Where do the words go when we have said them? Margaret Atwood said Don’t sit down in the middle of the woods. If you’re lost in the plot or blocked, retrace your steps to where you went wrong. Then take the other road. And/or change the person. Change the tense. Change the opening page. Margaret Atwood woodsplotpages If you get hungry enough, they say, you start eating your own heart. Margaret Atwood hungryeatingheart Time is not a line but a dimension, like the dimensions of space. Margaret Atwood linesspacetime I read for pleasure and that is the moment I learn the most. Margaret Atwood inspiringmotivationalinspirational The fabric of democracy is always fragile everywhere because it depends on the will of citizens to protect it, and when they become scared, when it becomes dangerous for them to defend it, it can go very quickly. Margaret Atwood fabricdemocracycitizens Touch comes before sight, before speech. It is the first language and the last, and it always tells the truth. Margaret Atwood medicinesightphilosophy Stupidity is the same as evil if you judge by the results. Margaret Atwood judgingstupidevil And yet it disturbs me to learn I have hurt someone unintentionally. I want all my hurts to be intentional. Margaret Atwood hurts-someonehurtwant Better never means better for everyone... It always means worse, for some. Margaret Atwood handmaids-talechangemean Oppression involves a failure of the imagination: the failure to imagine the full humanity of other human beings. Margaret Atwood diversityimaginationhumanity The desire to be loved is the last illusion. Give it up and you will be free. Margaret Atwood philosophicaldesiregiving You cannot teach somebody to write a masterpiece, but you can certainly teach them how to improve their writing skills. And you can teach them that they can make their own voices more effective by being able to communicate more clearly and forcefully. It makes people feel more capable when they can write - for instance to make a request - of a politician - and when they are able to receive a reply. Margaret Atwood politicianwritingpeople If we were all on trial for our thoughts, we would all be hanged. Margaret Atwood our-thoughtsifstrials In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt. Margaret Atwood gardennaturespring
