Margaret Atwood Quotes & Sayings (Page 5)

“The beginning of Canadian cultural nationalism was not 'Am I really that oppressed?' but 'Am I really that boring?'”

“Reality simply consists of different points of view.”

“I've never understood why people consider youth a time of freedom and joy. It's probably because they have forgotten their own.”

“Time is compressed like the fist I close on my knee... I hold inside it the clues and solutions and the power for what I must do now.”

“Canada is a balloon-puncturing country. You are not really allowed to be an icon unless you also make an idiot of yourself.”

“Canada was built on dead beavers.”

“I tend to feel if people say they're going to do something, they will, if given the chance.”

“Myths can't be translated as they did in their ancient soil. We can only find our own meaning in our own time.”

“We shouldn't be saying 'Save the planet'; we should be saying: 'Save viable conditions in which people can live.' That's what we're dealing with here.”

“You will always have partial points of view, and you'll always have the story behind the story that hasn't come out yet. And any form of journalism you're involved with is going to be up against a biased viewpoint and partial knowledge.”