More from Margaret Atwood

  1. Because I am a mother, I am capable of being shocked; as I never was when I was not one.
  2. For years I wanted to be older, and now I am.
  3. An eye for an eye only leads to more blindness.
  4. Gardening is not a rational act.
  5. A word after a word after a word is power (from 'Spelling').
  6. I hope that people will finally come to realize that there is only one 'race' - the human race - and that we are all members of it.
  7. A voice is a human gift; it should be cherished and used, to utter fully human speech as possible. Powerlessness and silence go together.
  8. I've never understood why people consider youth a time of freedom and joy. It's probably because they have forgotten their own.

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