Truly amazing, what people can get used to, as long as there are a few compensations.
Margaret AtwoodBy telling you anything at all I'm at least believing in you, believe you're there, I believe you into being. Because I'm telling you this story I will your existence. I tell, therefore you are. So I will go on. So I will myself to go on.
Margaret AtwoodBut maybe, underneath, she loves him too much. Maybe it's her excessive love that pushes him away.
Margaret AtwoodIt's impossible to say a thing exactly the way it was, because of what you say can never be exact, you always have to leave something out, there are too many parts, sides, crosscurrents, nuances; too many gestures, which could mean this or that, too many shapes which can never be fully described, too many flavors, in the air or on the tongue, half-colors, too many.
Margaret Atwood