Canada was built on dead beavers.

Quote by Margaret Atwood

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

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

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'...

This above all, to refuse to be a victim.

This above all, to refuse to be a victim.

An eye for an eye only leads to more blindness.

An eye for an eye only leads to more blindness.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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.

A word after a word after a word is power.

A word after a word after a word is power.

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...

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

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

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 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...

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...

War is what happens when language fails.

War is what happens when language fails.