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

Quote by Margaret Atwood

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Never pray for justice, because you might get some.

Never pray for justice, because you might get some.

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

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

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...

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...

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.

This above all, to refuse to be a victim.

This above all, to refuse to be a victim.

You can only be jealous of someone who has something you think you ought to...

You can only be jealous of someone who has something you think you ought to...

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

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

A voice is a human gift; it should be cherished and used, to utter fully...

A voice is a human gift; it should be cherished and used, to utter fully...

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...

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'...

War is what happens when language fails

War is what happens when language fails

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

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...

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...

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

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

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...

Love, by its very nature, is unworldly, and it is for this reason rather than...

Love, by its very nature, is unworldly, and it is for this reason rather than...

There's one thing that everybody wants to feel: to be loved, without seemingly begging for...

There's one thing that everybody wants to feel: to be loved, without seemingly begging for...

Loves conquers all things except poverty and toothache.

Loves conquers all things except poverty and toothache.