Every habit he’s ever had is still there in his body, lying dormant like flowers in the desert. Given the right conditions, all his old addictions would burst into full and luxuriant bloom.
– Margaret Atwood
If I waited for perfection I would never write a word.
– Margaret Atwood
A divorce is like an amputation; you survive, but there’s less of you.
– Margaret Atwood
You can only be jealous of someone who has something you think you ought to have yourself.
– Margaret Atwood
Men are afraid that women will laugh at them. Women are afraid that men will kill them.
– Margaret Atwood
Life’s not fair; why should I be?
– Margaret Atwood
The best way of keeping a secret is to pretend there isn’t one.
– Margaret Atwood
In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt.
– Margaret Atwood
The internet is 95 percent porn and spam.
– Margaret Atwood
Never pray for justice, because you might get some.
– Margaret Atwood
Canada is a balloon-puncturing country. You are not really allowed to be an icon unless you also make an idiot of yourself.
– Margaret Atwood
It is shocking how many crimes the Bible contains. The Governor’s wife should cut them all out and paste them into her scrapbook.
– Margaret Atwood