Quotes by Margaret Atwood
Hope is a dangerous thing, but sometimes, it's the only thing we have left to lose.
Sometimes, the most radical act is simply to pay attention.
The line between reality and fiction is often blurred, especially in memory.
Memory is a woven tapestry, each thread a distortion, yet together they form the only truth we possess.
The truth is a shifting landscape; what seems solid today may crumble tomorrow.
Memory is a selective editor, favoring drama over dull reality.
The past isn't a prison, but a well-worn path. We can choose to linger, or keep walking.
To survive is to become a shape-shifter, adapting to the contours of your cage.
To create is to resist. To resist is to live.
Stories are maps. They guide us through the wilderness of being.
The future isn't a path, but a wilderness. We must create our own maps.
Be wary of those who claim to offer certainty. The only certainty is change.
Sometimes, the greatest act of rebellion is simply to survive.
Freedom is the space between what is said and what is truly meant.
The story isn't over until the last page is turned. Even then, interpretations linger.
Sometimes, the strongest walls are the ones we build around ourselves.
We are all characters in someone else's narrative. The trick is to write our own as well.
Hope is a fragile thing, easily broken. But it is also remarkably resilient.
Power reveals, it does not create. It merely shows what was already there.
The past isn't a map; it's a collection of unreliable narrators.
To be human is to tell stories. To survive is to believe them.
The past is a relentless landscape; we may journey away, but its horizon always defines us.
Memory is a slippery eel; try to grip it too hard and it wriggles free.
Stories are not neutral. They carry the weight of the teller.
Words are weapons, forged in silence and aimed with intention.
The past isn't a fixed point, but a constantly shifting landscape we reconstruct to suit the present.
The past is a landscape we revisit, but never truly inhabit again.
Power is not strength, but the subtle art of knowing where to apply pressure.
To be human is to yearn, even for that which we know will ultimately disappoint.
Sometimes, survival means rewriting the narrative, even if just for yourself.
The future isn't written, but woven. With every choice, we add a thread to the tapestry.
Hope is a dangerous weapon, capable of both building and obliterating.
Control is an illusion. The only thing we truly own is how we react.
Sometimes the most radical act is simply paying attention.