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
“I am alive, I live, I breathe, I put my hand out, unfolded, into the sunlight.”
Margaret Atwood kniha Příběh služebnice
Zdroj: The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood kniha The Year of the Flood
Zdroj: The Year of the Flood
Margaret Atwood kniha Slepý vrah
Zdroj: The Blind Assassin (2000) first lines
“The best way of being kind to bears is not to be very close to them.”
Margaret Atwood kniha MaddAddam
Zdroj: MaddAddam
Margaret Atwood kniha The Edible Woman
Zdroj: The Edible Woman
“I would rather dance as a ballerina, though faultily, than as a flawless clown.”
Margaret Atwood kniha Z hlubin
Lady Oracle (1976)
Zdroj: Surfacing
“Like the trains, she's never on time and always departing.”
Margaret Atwood kniha Slepý vrah
Zdroj: The Blind Assassin
Margaret Atwood kniha Příběh služebnice
Zdroj: The Handmaid’s Tale (1985), Chapter 41 (p. 268)
Zdroj: The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood kniha Oryx and Crake
Zdroj: Oryx and Crake
“The animals have no need for speech, why talk when you are a word.”
Margaret Atwood kniha Z hlubin
Zdroj: Surfacing
Margaret Atwood kniha Příběh služebnice
Zdroj: The Handmaid's Tale
“You might even provide a Heaven for them. We need You for that. Hell we can make for ourselves.”
Margaret Atwood kniha Příběh služebnice
Zdroj: The Handmaid’s Tale (1985), Chapter 30 (pp. 194-195)
Zdroj: The Handmaid's Tale
Kontext: (She is reciting the Lord’s prayer) Now we come to forgiveness. Don’t worry about forgiving me right now. There are more important things. For instance: keep the others safe, if they are safe. Don’t let them suffer too much. If they have to die, let it be fast. You might even provide a Heaven for them. We need You for that. Hell we can make for ourselves.
“But maybe boredom is erotic, when women do it, for men.”
Margaret Atwood kniha Příběh služebnice
Zdroj: The Handmaid’s Tale (1985), Chapter 13
Zdroj: The Handmaid's Tale
Kontext: These pictures were supposed to be erotic, and I thought they were, at the time; but I see now what they were really about. They were paintings about suspended animation; about waiting, about objects not in use. They were paintings about boredom. But maybe boredom is erotic, when women do it, for men.
Margaret Atwood kniha Stone Mattress: Nine Tales
Zdroj: Stone Mattress: Nine Tales
“Amazing how the heart clutches at anything familiar, whimpering Mine! Mine!”
Margaret Atwood kniha The Year of the Flood
Zdroj: The Year of the Flood
“All I can hope for is a reconstruction: the way love feels is always only approximate.”
Margaret Atwood kniha Příběh služebnice
Zdroj: The Handmaid's Tale
