For if the world treats you well, Sir, you come to believe you are deserving of it.
Margaret AtwoodMaybe none of this is about control. Maybe it really isn't about who can own whom, who can do what to whom and get away with it, even as far as death. Maybe it isn't about who can sit and who has to kneel or stand or lie down, legs spread open. Maybe it's about who can do what to whom and be forgiven for it. Never tell me it amounts to the same thing.
Margaret AtwoodStichwörter: science-fiction
Roughing it builds a boy's character, but only certain kinds of roughing it.
Margaret AtwoodStichwörter: gender-roles masculinity
I will bend, I will touch the ground, or as close to it as I can get without rupture. I will lay a wreath of invisible money on her grave.
Margaret AtwoodBecause you may think a bed is a peaceful thing, Sir, and to you it may mean rest and comfort and a good night's sleep. But it isn't so for everyone; and there are many dangerous things that may take place in a bed.
Margaret AtwoodAn eye for an eye only leads to more blindness
Margaret AtwoodNeither of us says the word love, not once. It would be tempting fate; it would be romance, bad luck.
Margaret AtwoodI'm working on my own life story. I don't mean I'm putting it together; no, I'm taking it apart.
Margaret AtwoodStichwörter: life figuringshitout
All you have to do, I tell myself, is keep your mouth shut and look stupid. It shouldn't be that hard.
Margaret AtwoodA voice is a human gift; it should be cherished and used. Powerlessness and silence go together.
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