Margaret Atwood

(43 votes)   The answers you get from literature depend on the questions you pose.

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(389 votes)   She even had a kind of special position among men: she was an exception, she fitted none of the categories they commonly used when talking about girls; she wasn't a cock-teaser, a cold fish, an easy lay or a sneaky bitch; she was an honorary person. She had grown to share their contempt for most women.

Margaret Atwood
1939-, Canadian Novelist, Poet, Critic

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(176 votes)   The basic Female body comes with the following accessories: garter belt, panty-girdle, crinoline, camisole, bustle, brassiere, stomacher, chemise, virgin zone, spike heels, nose ring, veil, kid gloves, fishnet stockings, fichu, bandeau, Merry Widow, weepers, chokers, barrettes, bangles, beads, lorgnette, feather boa, basic black, compact, Lycra stretch one-piece with modesty panel, designer peignoir, flannel nightie, lace teddy, bed, head.

Margaret Atwood
1939-, Canadian Novelist, Poet, Critic

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(171 votes)   Men are not to be told anything they might find too painful; the secret depths of human nature, the sordid physicalities, might overwhelm or damage them. For instance, men often faint at the sight of their own blood, to which they are not accustomed. For this reason you should never stand behind one in the line at the Red Cross donor clinic.

Margaret Atwood
1939-, Canadian Novelist, Poet, Critic

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(90 votes)   An eye for an eye only leads to more blindness.

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(84 votes)   A voice is a human gift; it should be cherished and used, to utter fully human speech as possible. Powerlessness and silence go together.

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(84 votes)   Gardening is not a rational act.

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

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(79 votes)   A ratio of failures is built into the process of writing. The wastebasket has evolved for a reason.

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(79 votes)   Another belief of mine; that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise.

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(79 votes)   For years I wanted to be older, and now I am.

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(76 votes)   A word after a word after a word is power.

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(75 votes)   Because I am a mother, I am capable of being shocked: as I never was when I was not one.

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(71 votes)   Myths can't be translated as they did in their ancient soil. We can only find our own meaning in our own time.

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(70 votes)   We still think of a powerful man as a born leader and a powerful woman as an anomaly.

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