All fathers are invisible in daytime; daytime is ruled by mothers and fathers come out at night. Darkness brings home fathers, with their real, unspeakable power. There is more to fathers than meets the eye.

Quote by Margaret Atwood

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

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

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.

An eye for an eye only leads to more blindness.

An eye for an eye only leads to more blindness.

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

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

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...

This above all, to refuse to be a victim.

This above all, to refuse to be a victim.

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 have 52 words for snow because it is so special to them; there...

The Eskimos have 52 words for snow because it is so special to them; there...

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...

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...

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.

Gardening is not a rational act.

Gardening is not a rational act.

Another belief of mine; that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am...

Another belief of mine; that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am...

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...

Canada was built on dead beavers.

Canada was built on dead beavers.

I've never understood why people consider youth a time of freedom and joy. It's probably...

I've never understood why people consider youth a time of freedom and joy. It's probably...

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

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

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.

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.