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

Quote by Margaret Atwood

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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...

Canada was built on dead beavers.

Canada was built on dead beavers.

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

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 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.

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

This above all, to refuse to be a victim.

This above all, to refuse to be a victim.

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...

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

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...

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...

Gardening is not a rational act.

Gardening is not a rational act.

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 word after a word after a word is power.

A word after a word after a word is power.

An eye for an eye only leads to more blindness.

An eye for an eye only leads to more blindness.

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

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