The Eskimos had 52 names for snow because it was important to them; there ought to be as many for love. – Margaret Atwood
Never pray for justice, because you might get some. – Margaret Atwood
Science fiction, to me, has not only things that wouldnt happen, but other planets. – Margaret Atwood
I dont think the relationship between novels and realities are one to one. Of course novels play different roles. Its essentially just a long narrative form. What you use that long narrative form for can be very different. – 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
Ive never understood why people consider youth a time of freedom and joy. Its probably because they have forgotten their own. – Margaret Atwood
War is what happens when language fails. – Margaret Atwood
Popular art is the dream of society it does not examine itself. – Margaret Atwood
If I were going to convert to any religion I would probably choose Catholicism because it at least has female saints and the Virgin Mary. – Margaret Atwood
Time is compressed like the fist I close on my knee… I hold inside it the clues and solutions and the power for what I must do now. – Margaret Atwood
A word after a word after a word is power. – Margaret Atwood
Gardening is not a rational act. – Margaret Atwood
Another belief of mine that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise. – Margaret Atwood
The Eskimos had fifty-two names for snow because it was important to them: there ought to be as many for love. – Margaret Atwood
Little girls are cute and small only to adults. To one another they are not cute. They are life-sized. – Margaret Atwood
Strange how we decorate pain. – Margaret Atwood
In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt. – Margaret Atwood
