Philosophy Quote by Margaret Atwood — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“All you have to do, I tell myself, is keep your mouth shut and look stupid. It shouldn't be that hard.”

“The truth is seldom welcome, especially at dinner.”

“By now you must have guessed: I come from another planet. But I will never say to you, Take me to your leaders. Even I - unused to your ways though I am - would never make that mistake. We ourselves have such beings among us, made of cogs, pieces of paper, small disks of shiny metal, scraps of coloured cloth. I do not need to encounter more of them.”

“Where do the words go”

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

“One of the gravestones in the cemetery near the earliest church has an anchor on it and an hourglass, and the words In Hope.”

“In life man commits himself and draws his own portrait, outside of which there is nothing. No doubt this thought may seem harsh to someone who has not made a success of his life. But on the other hand, it helps people to understand that reality alone counts, and that dreams, expectations and hopes only serve to define a man as a broken dream, aborted hopes, and futile expectations.”

“Your principle should be to see everything and say nothing. The world changes so rapidly that if you want to get on you cannot afford to align yourself with any person or point of view.”

“Three metamorphoses of the spirit have I designated to you: how the”

“A breeze, a forgotten summer, a smile, all can fit into a storefront window.”

“Further, an excess of legislation defeats its own ends. It makes the whole population criminals, and turns them all into police and police spies. The moral health of such a people is ruined for ever; only revolution can save it.”