I've never understood why people consider youth a time of freedom and joy. It's probably because they have forgotten their own.
Margaret Atwood

A word after a word after a word is power.
Margaret Atwood

For years I wanted to be older, and now I am.
Margaret Atwood

War is what happens when language fails.
Margaret Atwood

An eye for an eye only leads to more blindness.
Margaret Atwood

A divorce is like an amputation: you survive it, but there's less of you.
Margaret Atwood

Canada was built on dead beavers.
Margaret Atwood

I hope that people will finally come to realize that there is only one 'race' - the human race - and that we are all members of it.
Margaret Atwood