Margaret Atwood

"Hardship and extreme conditions tend to deplete the stock of a person's sense of humor."

"Hatred is more personal, more energetic, and more engaged than love."

"When they slept I could see they were human."

"We are dying from politeness."

"The problem is that every time you make a choice you cancel out the other choices."

"What is a human being but a collection of ills?"

"Wealth is not a virtue."

"Every era of history has its ideals, which are rarely attained."

"Eating words has never agreed with me."

"The thing about being a writer is that you can fail in so many ways."

"To stay human you have to keep learning."

"Death makes a lot of jokes."

"If you're waiting for the perfect moment, you'll be waiting forever."

"Ignorance is like a comfortable fog."

"The greatest thing the human brain can do is imagine something that does not exist."

"War is what happens when language fails."

"You'll never find a more wicked creature than yourself."

"Hope is when you go out into the world and work toward a goal."

"Every citizen of every country ought to have the things that keep you alive."

"Strength comes from understanding where you're weak."

"The answer to abuse is not forgiveness."

"Sisterhood is powerful, even when you don't call it that."

"You can't separate the artwork from the artist."

"Solitude is sometimes the best company."

"Technology is a tool, not a destiny."

"In fairy tales, it's not usually the ogre that eats you."

"Adventure is just bad planning."

"The beautiful thing about poetry is it makes you feel less alone."

"We're all going to die sometime, so we might as well be productive."

"If you can't joke about it, it's still too serious."