Their mothers had finally caught up to them and been proven right. There were consequences after all but they were the consequences to things you didn't even know you'd done.

Quote by Margaret Atwood

Topics: Mothers Quotes

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

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

Canada was built on dead beavers.

Canada was built on dead beavers.

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...

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.

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'...

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...

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...

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...

Gardening is not a rational act.

Gardening is not a rational act.

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

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

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 word after a word after a word is power.

A word after a word after a word is power.

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...

This above all, to refuse to be a victim.

This above all, to refuse to be a victim.

War is what happens when language fails.

War is what happens when language fails.

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...

Myths can't be translated as they did in their ancient soil. We can only find...

Myths can't be translated as they did in their ancient soil. We can only find...

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...