Margaret Atwood nejznámější citáty
v doslovu sbírky The Journals of Susanna Moodie z roku 1970
Originál: (en) If the national mental illness of the United States is megalomania, that of Canada is paranoid schizophrenia.
Zdroj: [Wilson, Sharon Rose, Margaret Atwood's textual assassinations: recent poetry and fiction, Svazek 1, Ohio State University Press, 2003, 978-0-81420-929-5, 16, anglicky]
Margaret Atwood kniha Z hlubin
Surfacing
Margaret Atwood kniha Z hlubin
Surfacing
Margaret Atwood: Citáty anglicky
“You can think clearly only with your clothes on.”
Margaret Atwood kniha Příběh služebnice
Zdroj: The Handmaid’s Tale (1985), Chapter 24 (p. 143)
Zdroj: The Handmaid's Tale
“I am not your justification for existence.”
Margaret Atwood kniha Příběh služebnice
The Handmaid's Tale
“If we were all on trial for our thoughts, we would all be hanged.”
Margaret Atwood kniha Alias Grace
Zdroj: Alias Grace
Margaret Atwood kniha Oryx and Crake
Zdroj: Oryx and Crake
“What am I living for and what am I dying for are the same question.”
Margaret Atwood kniha The Year of the Flood
Zdroj: The Year of the Flood
Margaret Atwood kniha Příběh služebnice
Zdroj: The Handmaid's Tale
“There were a lot of gods. Gods always come in handy, they justify almost anything.”
Margaret Atwood kniha Slepý vrah
Zdroj: The Blind Assassin
“I knew what love was supposed to be: obsession with undertones of nausea.”
Margaret Atwood kniha Cat's Eye
Zdroj: Cat's Eye
Margaret Atwood kniha Z hlubin
Surfacing (1972) p. 107 <br class="br">The premise for this quote is now known to be a linguistic myth stemming from the early 20th century work of Franz Boas. This quote by Atwood has been cited as an example of the perpetuation of this myth https://books.google.ca/books/about/White_Lies_about_the_Inuit.html?id=i-osjdNH3g8C. <br class="br">Varianta: The Eskimos had 52 names for snow because it was important to them; there ought to be as many for love.
Margaret Atwood kniha Slepý vrah
Zdroj: The Blind Assassin
“This is how the girl who couldn't speak and the man who couldn't see fell in love.”
Margaret Atwood kniha Slepý vrah
Zdroj: The Blind Assassin
Margaret Atwood kniha Příběh služebnice
Zdroj: The Handmaid’s Tale (1985), Chapter 7 (pp. 39-40)
Zdroj: The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood kniha Příběh služebnice
Zdroj: The Handmaid's Tale
“We yearned for the future. How did we learn it, that talent for insatiability?”
Margaret Atwood kniha Příběh služebnice
Zdroj: The Handmaid's Tale
“Never pray for justice, because you might get some.”
Margaret Atwood kniha Cat's Eye
Zdroj: Cat's Eye
“I want everything back, the way it was. But there is no point to it, this wanting.”
Margaret Atwood kniha Příběh služebnice
Zdroj: The Handmaid's Tale
“Knowing was a temptation. What you don't know won't tempt you.”
Margaret Atwood kniha Příběh služebnice
Zdroj: The Handmaid's Tale
