But maybe, underneath, she loves him too much. Maybe it's her excessive love that pushes him away. Auteur: Margaret Atwood Copy Quote More from Margaret Atwood “oil paints...the look of licked lips.” “Stick a shovel in the ground almost anywhere and some horrible thing or other w…” “I stand on the corner, pretending I am a tree. ” “He'll find out somehow, because journeys end in lovers meeting.”