A divorce is like an amputation; you survive, but there’s less of you. Margaret Atwood
Gardening is not a rational act. Margaret Atwood
The answers you get from literature depend upon the questions you pose. Margaret Atwood
I’ve never understood why people consider youth a time of freedom and joy. It’s probably because they have forgotten their own. Margaret Atwood
War is what happens when language fails. Margaret Atwood
Does feminist mean large unpleasant person who’ll shout at you or someone who believes women are human beings. To me it’s the latter, so I sign up. Margaret Atwood
Never pray for justice, because you might get some. Margaret Atwood
If the national mental illness of the United States is megalomania, that of Canada is paranoid schizophrenia. Margaret Atwood
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
Canada was built on dead beavers. Margaret Atwood
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
The beginning of Canadian cultural nationalism was not ‘Am I really that oppressed?’ but ‘Am I really that boring?’ Margaret Atwood