Margaret Atwood

"Nature is what we use to call back to."

"Patience is not passivity."

"Music is the language of the angels."

"The most dangerous thing is to pretend you're all right."

"You can't unread a book."

"Adventure is out there, waiting for you to be brave enough."

"Kindness is a political act."

"The future is not determined; it is chosen."

"We dream as a form of resistance."

"Every utopia contains the seeds of dystopia."

"To live is to make a choice about what matters."

"The most important thing is to keep asking questions."

"Solitude is different from loneliness."

"We are the bridge between what was and what will be."

"We are the stories we tell ourselves about ourselves."

"In the end, we will conserve only what we love, we will love only what we understand, and we will understand only what we are taught."

"The Handmaid's Tale is not prediction. It's an extrapolation of current trends."

"When things are dark, you take what light you can get."

"A word after a word after a word is power."

"You don't need magic to transform the world. You already have the power."

"Longing is the only thing that beats loneliness."

"War is what happens when language fails."

"Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are."

"The truth is like a lion; you don't have to defend it. Let it loose."

"Hardship makes you think about the future."

"I'm a coward. I wish I were brave."

"Better never means better for everyone. It always means worse for some."

"Change is not always progress, but there is no progress without change."

"The same thing that makes you a hero can make you a villain."

"Nolite te bastardes carborundorum—Don't let the bastards grind you down."