They all disowned their parents long ago, the way you are supposed to.

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.

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 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...

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.

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...

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

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

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...

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.

This above all, to refuse to be a victim.

This above all, to refuse to be a victim.

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 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

A word after a word after a word is power.

A word after a word after a word is power.

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...

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 practice of putting women on pedestals began to die out when it was discovered...

The practice of putting women on pedestals began to die out when it was discovered...

A country that can put men on the moon can put women in the Constitution.

A country that can put men on the moon can put women in the Constitution.

I despair of the Republic! Such dreariness, such whining sallow women, such utter absence of...

I despair of the Republic! Such dreariness, such whining sallow women, such utter absence of...