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

Topics: Father Daughter Quotes

They all disowned their parents long ago, the way you are supposed to.

They all disowned their parents long ago, the way you are supposed to.

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...

Canada was built on dead beavers.

Canada was built on dead beavers.

War is what happens when language fails

War is what happens when language fails

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

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

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...

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

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

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'...

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...

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...

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 answers you get from literature depend on the questions you pose

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

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

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

Does feminist mean large unpleasant person who'll shout at you or someone who believes women...

Does feminist mean large unpleasant person who'll shout at you or someone who believes women...

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...

This above all, to refuse to be a victim.

This above all, to refuse to be a victim.

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...

The mother's heart is the child's schoolroom.

The mother's heart is the child's schoolroom.

A mother is neither cocky, nor proud, because she knows the school principal may call...

A mother is neither cocky, nor proud, because she knows the school principal may call...