Margaret Atwood

Forgiving men is so much easier than forgiving women. ↗

— Margaret Atwood

#men #women #forgiveness

But this is wrong, nobody dies from lack of sex. It's lack of love we die from. ↗

— Margaret Atwood

#love

There's an epigram tacked to my office bulletin board, pinched from a magazine -- "Wanting to meet an author because you like his work is like wanting to meet a duck because you like pâté. ↗

— Margaret Atwood

#disappointment #epigrams #fandom #on-writing #similes

The Eskimo has fifty-names for snow because it is important to them; there ought to be as many for love. ↗

— Margaret Atwood

#love

You can think clearly only with your clothes on. ↗

— Margaret Atwood

#advice

Potential has a shelf life. ↗

— Margaret Atwood

#potential #life

When we think of the past it's the beautiful things we pick out. We want to believe it was all like that. ↗

— Margaret Atwood

#remembrance #the-past #beauty

You can only be jealous of someone who has something you think you ought to have yourself. ↗

— Margaret Atwood

#jealousy

A home filled with nothing but yourself. It's heavy, that lightness. It's crushing, that emptiness. ↗

— Margaret Atwood

#life #life

Nobody dies from the lack of sex. It's lack of love we die from. ↗

— Margaret Atwood

#love