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

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 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...

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

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...

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...

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

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

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...

A word after a word after a word is power.

A word after a word after a word is power.

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...

Gardening is not a rational act.

Gardening is not a rational act.

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

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

War is what happens when language fails

War is what happens when language fails

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

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

An eye for an eye only leads to more blindness.

An eye for an eye only leads to more blindness.

We thought we were running away from the grownups, and now we are the grownups.

We thought we were running away from the grownups, and now we are the grownups.

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

Lawn as white as driven snow

Lawn as white as driven snow

Literature is my Utopia. Here I am not disenfranchised. No barrier of the senses shuts...

Literature is my Utopia. Here I am not disenfranchised. No barrier of the senses shuts...

The total absence of humor from the Bible is one of the most singular things...

The total absence of humor from the Bible is one of the most singular things...