As all historians know, the past is a great darkness, and filled with echoes. Auteur: Margaret Atwood Copy Quote More from Margaret Atwood “A road is a process, not a location.” “She must have heard the door opening and closing in the middle of the night; sh…” “It made him feel invisible—not that he wanted to feel anything else.” “Nothing is more difficult than to understand the dead, I've found; but nothing …”