book-really-person-human-lover-books-books-objects-human-element-voices-error

We all know that a book is not really a person. It isn’t a human being. But if you are a lover of books as books – as objects, that is – and ignore the human element in them – that is, their voices – you will be committing an error of the soul, because you will be an idolator, or else a fetishist.

Margaret Atwood
0/5 (0)

Margaret Atwood's Popular Quotes

I tell, therefore you are.

- Margaret Atwood

Faith is only a word, embroidered.

- Margaret Atwood

friendship was always contingent.

- Margaret Atwood

There is never only one, of anyone

- Margaret Atwood

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.

- Margaret Atwood

You may not be able to alter reality, but you can alter your attitude towards it, and this, paradoxically, alters reality. Try it and see.

- Margaret Atwood

Don't wait until you're 'in the mood.' Get into the mood by writing.

- Margaret Atwood

Winning intoxicates you, and numbs you to the sufferings of others.

- Margaret Atwood

In the end, we'll all become stories.

- Margaret Atwood
0 Comments

Login to join the discussion