But people will do anything rather than admit that their lives have no meaning. No use, that is. No plot. Author: Margaret Atwood Copy Quote More from Margaret Atwood “The question about the page is: what is beneath it? It seems to have only two d…” “She knows herself to be at the mercy of events, and she knows by now that event…” “They had been pathetically eager to have the wedding in the family church. Thei…” “I’ve been prepared for almost anything; except absence, except silence.”