The young habitually mistake lust for love, they're infested with idealism of all kinds. Margaret Atwood More Quotes by Margaret Atwood More Quotes From Margaret Atwood I want, I don’t want. How can one live with such a heart? Margaret Atwood want heart If I am good enough and quiet enough, perhaps after all they will let me go; but it’s not easy being quiet and good, it’s like hanging on to the edge of a bridge when you’ve already fallen over; you don’t seem to be moving, just dangling there, and yet it is taking all your strength. Margaret Atwood over-you bridges moving I never say I'm an "ist" of any kind unless I know how the other person is defining it. Margaret Atwood defining kind persons Publishing a book is like stuffing a note into a bottle and hurling it into the sea. Some bottles drown, some come safe to land, where the notes are read and then possibly cherished, or else misinterpreted, or else understood all too well by those who hate the message. You never know who your readers might be. Margaret Atwood hate sea book Ordinary, said Aunt Lydia, is what you are used to. This may not seem ordinary to you now, but after a time it will. It will become ordinary. Margaret Atwood aunt ordinary may 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 air sleep love War is what happens when language fails. Margaret Atwood empowering language war Forgiving men is so much easier than forgiving women. Margaret Atwood forgiveness women forgiving I have been known to buy e-versions of my books because I was in a hotel room and I needed one right away to look up something in it; very handy for that - you can have it just the next minute; you can press the button and just have it. Margaret Atwood buttons book looks Never pray for justice, because you might get some. Margaret Atwood umpires prayer justice Once you publish a book, it is out of your control. You cannot dictate how people read it. Margaret Atwood publish book people If I waited for perfection... I would never write a word. Margaret Atwood writers-block perfect writing If you're waiting for the perfect moment, you'll never write a thing because it will never arrive. I have no routine. I have no foolproof anything. There's nothing foolproof. Margaret Atwood waiting perfect writing Social media is called social media for a reason. It lends itself to sharing rather than horn-tooting. Margaret Atwood media social reason The answers you get from literature depend on the questions you pose. Margaret Atwood literature answers reality If I were going to convert to any religion I would probably choose Catholicism because it at least has female saints and the Virgin Mary. Margaret Atwood mary female saint Richard liked to say he picked things up for a song, which was odd, because he never sang. He never even whistled. He was not a musical person. Margaret Atwood odd music song You need a certain amount of nerve to be a writer. Margaret Atwood nerves certain needs A ratio of failures is built into the process of writing. The wastebasket has evolved for a reason. Margaret Atwood ratios reason writing Perhaps I write for no one. Perhaps for the same person children are writing for when they scrawl their names in the snow. Margaret Atwood names writing children
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