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

Quote by Margaret Atwood

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All fathers are invisible in daytime; daytime is ruled by mothers and fathers come out...

All fathers are invisible in daytime; daytime is ruled by mothers and fathers come out...

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...

A word after a word after a word is power.

A word after a word after a word is power.

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 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...

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...

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

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

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

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

An eye for an eye only leads to more blindness.

An eye for an eye only leads to more blindness.

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

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

This above all, to refuse to be a victim.

This above all, to refuse to be a victim.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Sincere diplomacy is no more possible than dry water or wooden iron

Sincere diplomacy is no more possible than dry water or wooden iron

Everything that is beautiful and noble is the product of reason and calculation.

Everything that is beautiful and noble is the product of reason and calculation.

I am not a politician... I only suffer the consequences.

I am not a politician... I only suffer the consequences.