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: Citáty anglicky
“How easy it is to invent a humanity, for anyone at all.”
Zdroj: The Handmaid's Tale
Zdroj: The Handmaid’s Tale (1985), Chapter 19 (p. 109)
Zdroj: The Handmaid's Tale
“For if the world treats you well, Sir, you come to believe you are deserving of it.”
Zdroj: Alias Grace
“Genius is an infinite capacity for causing pain.”
Zdroj: The Robber Bride
“I stand on the corner, pretending I am a tree.”
Zdroj: The Handmaid's Tale
“There's always something to occupy the inquiring mind.”
Zdroj: The Handmaid's Tale
“he might die for her, but living for her would be quite different.”
Zdroj: The Blind Assassin
“You aren't sick & unhappy
only alive & stuck with it.”
Zdroj: Power Politics
“The truth is seldom welcome, especially at dinner.”
Zdroj: Morning in the Burned House