Quotes by Margaret Atwood

Because I am a mother, I am capable of being shocked: as I never was...

#Margaret Atwood

Another belief of mine; that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am...

#Margaret Atwood

An eye for an eye only leads to more blindness.

#Margaret Atwood

A word after a word after a word is power.

#Margaret Atwood

A voice is a human gift; it should be cherished and used, to utter fully...

#Margaret Atwood

A ratio of failures is built into the process of writing. The wastebasket has evolved...

#Margaret Atwood

A divorce is like an amputation: you survive it, but there's less of you.

#Divorce

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

#Margaret Atwood

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

#Margaret Atwood

War is what happens when language fails.

#Margaret Atwood

This above all, to refuse to be a victim.

#Margaret Atwood

Their mothers had finally caught up to them and been proven right. There were consequences...

#Margaret Atwood