A voice is a human gift; it should be cherished and used, to utter fully human speech as possible. Powerlessness and silence go together.

- Margaret Atwood

Another belief of mine that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise.

- Margaret Atwood

Another belief of mine; that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise.

- Margaret Atwood

Gardening is not a rational act.

- Margaret Atwood

I hope that people will finally come to realize that there is only one 'race' - the human race - and that we are all members of it.

- Margaret Atwood

I would rather dance as a ballerina, though faultily, than as a flawless clown.

- Margaret Atwood

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

- Margaret Atwood

In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt.

- Margaret Atwood

Men are not to be told anything they might find too painful; the secret depths of human nature, the sordid physicalities, might overwhelm or damage them. For instance, men often faint at the sight of their own blood, to which they are not accustomed. For this reason you should never stand behind one in the line at the Red Cross donor clinic.

- Margaret Atwood

Never pray for justice, because you might get some.

- Margaret Atwood