Canadians are fond of a good disaster, especially if it has ice, water, or snow in it. You thought the national flag was about a leaf, didn't you? Look harder. It's where someone got axed in the snow.

Margaret Atwood


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Your hand is a warm stone I hold between two words.

Margaret Atwood


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Siren Song

This is the one song everyone
would like to learn: the song
that is irresistible:

the song that forces men
to leap overboard in squadrons
even though they see beached skulls

the song nobody knows
because anyone who had heard it
is dead, and the others can’t remember.
Shall I tell you the secret
and if I do, will you get me
out of this bird suit?
I don’t enjoy it here
squatting on this island
looking picturesque and mythical
with these two feathery maniacs,
I don’t enjoy singing
this trio, fatal and valuable.

I will tell the secret to you,
to you, only to you.
Come closer. This song

is a cry for help: Help me!
Only you, only you can,
you are unique

at last. Alas
it is a boring song
but it works every time.

Margaret Atwood


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What fiendishness went on in kitchens across the country, in the name of providing food!

Margaret Atwood

Mots clés edible-woman



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The heart of Jesus glowed, because it was holy. Holy things glowed in general.

Margaret Atwood


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Genius is an infinite capacity for causing pain.

Margaret Atwood

Mots clés genius



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They had been pathetically eager to have the wedding in the family church. Their reaction though, as far as she could estimate the reactions of people who were now so remote from her, was less elated glee than a quiet, rather smug satisfaction, as though their fears about the effects of her university education, never stated but aways apparent, had been calmed at last. They had probably been worried she would turn into a high-school teacher or a maiden aunt or a dope addict or a female executive, or that she would undergo some shocking physical transformation, like developing muscles and a deep voice or growing moss.

Margaret Atwood


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Roz added sheep to Heaven. They would be outside the window, naturally.

Margaret Atwood


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Inside the peach, there is a stone.

Margaret Atwood


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It wasn't so easy though, ending the war. A war is a huge fire; the ashes from it drift far, and settle slowly.

Margaret Atwood

Mots clés war



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