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

Quote by Margaret Atwood

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Canada was built on dead beavers.

Canada was built on dead beavers.

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 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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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'...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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

This above all, to refuse to be a victim.

This above all, to refuse to be a victim.

Gardening is not a rational act.

Gardening is not a rational act.

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.

War is what happens when language fails.

War is what happens when language fails.