Inspirational Quotes, Motivational Sayings, and Wise Words for Daily Inspiration

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I marvel again at the nakedness of men's lives: the showers right out in the open, the body exposed for inspection and comparison, the public display of privates. What is it for? What purposes of reassurance does it serve? The flashing of a badge, look, everyone, all is in order, I belong here. Why don't women have to prove to one another that they are women? Some form of unbuttoning, some split-crotch routine, just as casual. A doglike sniffing.

Margaret Atwood's Popular Quotes

friendship was always contingent.

- Margaret Atwood

I tell, therefore you are.

- Margaret Atwood

Faith is only a word, embroidered.

- Margaret Atwood

There is never only one, of anyone

- Margaret Atwood

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

- 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

In the end, we'll all become stories.

- Margaret Atwood

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

- Margaret Atwood