Margaret Atwood

But my dreaming self refuses to be consoled. It continues to wander, aimless, homeless, alone. It cannot be convinced of its safety by any evidence drawn from my waking life. ↗

— Margaret Atwood

#soul #dreams

Nature is to zoos as God is to churches. ↗

— Margaret Atwood

#nature

All observations of life are harsh, because life is. I lament that fact, but I cannot change it. ↗

— Margaret Atwood

#change

Truly amazing, what people can get used to, as long as there are a few compensations. ↗

— Margaret Atwood

#human-nature #psychology #social-commentary #nature

Fatigue is here, in my body, in my legs and eyes. That is what gets you in the end. Faith is only a word, embroidered. ↗

— Margaret Atwood

#fatigue #faith

Knowing was a temptation. What you don't know won't tempt you. ↗

— Margaret Atwood

#knowledge #temptation #temptation

I believe that everyone else my age is an adult whereas I am merely in disguise. ↗

— Margaret Atwood

#adulthood #peter-pan-syndrome #age

If you want what's in the package you should at least know how to get the string off, is what I say. ↗

— Margaret Atwood

#life

There's nothing like a shovel full of dirt to encourage literacy. ↗

— Margaret Atwood

#literacy #censorship

Human understanding is fallible, and we see through a glass, darkly. Any religion is a shadow of God. But the shadows of God are not God. ↗

— Margaret Atwood

#religion