Margaret Atwood

"An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind."

"If you don't go into politics, someone else will."

"Time is a face on the water."

"We are all cyborgs now."

"The story is what lies beneath the surface."

"Whatever is enclosed will eventually explode."

"I don't think of myself as a feminist writer, I think of myself as a writer."

"The difficulty is deciding what is unimportant."

"If I love you, is that a fact or a weapon?"

"Hunger is a legitimate topic for fiction."

"Evolution is not a smooth process."

"The world is full of people who are afraid of their own strength."

"To acknowledge the sacred is to transcend the mundane."

"Moral victories don't bring food."

"We're not drowning in information, we're drowning in noise."

"The key is how you define love."

"Nothing is better than having a good listener."

"Perfectionism is not excellence."

"The world does not change because you grieve for it."

"Language shapes how we think about the world."

"Gratitude is the most powerful emotion."

"There are many kinds of power, not all of them violent."

"Death is the one appointment we don't try to cancel."

"To grow is to suffer."

"The only way out is through."

"Conspiracy theories are narratives we tell when we feel powerless."

"Beauty is a form of power."

"We're all stories in the end."

"The difference between erotica and pornography is lighting."

"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."