An eye for an eye only leads to more blindness.

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.

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

War is what happens when language fails

War is what happens when language fails

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 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...

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'...

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...

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...

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...

This above all, to refuse to be a victim.

This above all, to refuse to be a victim.

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'...

Canada was built on dead beavers.

Canada was built on dead beavers.

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.

Because I am a mother, I am capable of being shocked: as I never was...

Because I am a mother, I am capable of being shocked: as I never was...

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

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

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...

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

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