Because I am a mother, I am capable of being shocked: as I never was when I was not one.

Quote by Margaret Atwood

Topics: Margaret Atwood Quotes

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 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...

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

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

For years I wanted to be older, and now I am.

For years I wanted to be older, and now I am.

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

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

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...

A divorce is like an amputation: you survive it, but there's less of you

A divorce is like an amputation: you survive it, but there's less of you

I hope that people will finally come to realize that there is only one 'race'...

I hope that people will finally come to realize that there is only one 'race'...

An eye for an eye only leads to more blindness.

An eye for an eye only leads to more blindness.

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...

Gardening is not a rational act.

Gardening is not a rational act.

A ratio of failures is built into the process of writing. The wastebasket has evolved...

A ratio of failures is built into the process of writing. The wastebasket has evolved...

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...

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...

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...

Never pray for justice, because you might get some.

Never pray for justice, because you might get some.

Popular art is the dream of society; it does not examine itself.

Popular art is the dream of society; it does not examine itself.

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...

Everybody, sooner or later, sits down to a banquet of consequences.

Everybody, sooner or later, sits down to a banquet of consequences.

The applause of a single human being is of great consequence.

The applause of a single human being is of great consequence.