Margaret Atwood

Nature is an expert in cost-benefit analysis,' she says. 'Although she does her accounting a little differently. As for debts, she always collects in the long run... ↗

— Margaret Atwood

#nature

Another belief of mine: that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise. ↗

— Margaret Atwood

#age

War is what happens when language fails. ↗

— Margaret Atwood

#happens #language #war

In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt. ↗

— Margaret Atwood

#dirt #end #end of the day #like #should

Don't let the bastards grind you down. ↗

— Margaret Atwood

#inspirational

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

#obsession #sleep #love

Ignoring isn’t the same as ignorance, you have to work at it. ↗

— Margaret Atwood

#education

Longed for him. Got him. Shit. ↗

— Margaret Atwood

#marriage #marriage

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

#pain #remember

I read for pleasure and that is the moment I learn the most. ↗

— Margaret Atwood

#learn