The answers you get from literature depend on the questions you pose.

Quote by Margaret Atwood

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Gardening is not a rational act.

Gardening is not a rational act.

She even had a kind of special position among men: she was an exception, she...

She even had a kind of special position among men: she was an exception, she...

A word after a word after a word is power.

A word after a word after a word is power.

Their mothers had finally caught up to them and been proven right. There were consequences...

Their mothers had finally caught up to them and been proven right. There were consequences...

If I were going to convert to any religion I would probably choose Catholicism because...

If I were going to convert to any religion I would probably choose Catholicism because...

The story as told in The Odyssey doesn't hold water. There are too many inconsistencies.

The story as told in The Odyssey doesn't hold water. There are too many inconsistencies.

You need a certain amount of nerve to be a writer.

You need a certain amount of nerve to be a writer.

Their mothers had finally caught up to them and been proven right. There were consequences...

Their mothers had finally caught up to them and been proven right. There were consequences...

Myths can't be translated as they did in their ancient soil. We can only find...

Myths can't be translated as they did in their ancient soil. We can only find...

War is what happens when language fails

War is what happens when language fails

We still think of a powerful man as a born leader and a powerful woman...

We still think of a powerful man as a born leader and a powerful woman...

War is what happens when language fails.

War is what happens when language fails.

The beginning of Canadian cultural nationalism was not 'Am I really that oppressed?' but 'Am...

The beginning of Canadian cultural nationalism was not 'Am I really that oppressed?' but 'Am...

This above all, to refuse to be a victim.

This above all, to refuse to be a victim.

We thought we were running away from the grownups, and now we are the grownups.

We thought we were running away from the grownups, and now we are the grownups.

If the national mental illness of the United States is megalomania, that of Canada is...

If the national mental illness of the United States is megalomania, that of Canada is...

The eskimos had fifty-two names for snow because it was important to them: there ought...

The eskimos had fifty-two names for snow because it was important to them: there ought...

All fathers are invisible in daytime; daytime is ruled by mothers and fathers come out...

All fathers are invisible in daytime; daytime is ruled by mothers and fathers come out...

There are necessary evils. Money is an important thing in terms of representing freedom in...

There are necessary evils. Money is an important thing in terms of representing freedom in...

Be kind to thy father, for when thou were young, who loved thee so fondly...

Be kind to thy father, for when thou were young, who loved thee so fondly...