But thoughtless ingratitude is the armour of the young; without it, how would they ever get through life? The old wish the young well, but they wish them ill also: they would like to eat them up, and absorb their vitality, and remain immortal themselves. Without the protection of surliness and levity, all children would be crushed by the past - the past of others, loaded on their shoulders. Selfishness is their saving grace.
I tell, therefore you are. - Margaret Atwood
I tell, therefore you are.
- Margaret Atwood
Faith is only a word, embroidered. - Margaret Atwood
Faith is only a word, embroidered.
friendship was always contingent. - Margaret Atwood
friendship was always contingent.
There is never only one, of anyone - Margaret Atwood
There is never only one, of anyone
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
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.
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
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.
Don't wait until you're 'in the mood.' Get into the mood by writing. - Margaret Atwood
Don't wait until you're 'in the mood.' Get into the mood by writing.
Winning intoxicates you, and numbs you to the sufferings of others. - Margaret Atwood
Winning intoxicates you, and numbs you to the sufferings of others.
In the end, we'll all become stories. - Margaret Atwood
In the end, we'll all become stories.
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