Margaret Atwood

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The answers you get from literature depend on the questions you pose.

The Eskimos had fifty-two names for snow because it was important to them: there ought to be as many for love.

Another belief of mine; that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise.

A voice is a human gift; it should be cherished and used, to utter fully human speech as possible. Powerlessness and silence go together.

Little girls are cute and small only to adults. To one another they are not cute. They are life-sized.

In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt.