We still think of a powerful man as a born leader and a powerful woman as an anomaly.

Quote by Margaret Atwood

Topics: Women Quotes

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...

Never pray for justice, because you might get some.

Never pray for justice, because you might get some.

An eye for an eye only leads to more blindness.

An eye for an eye only leads to more blindness.

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...

Gardening is not a rational act.

Gardening is not a rational act.

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

Canada was built on dead beavers.

Canada was built on dead beavers.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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.

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...

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'...