We shouldn't have been so scornful; we should have had compassion. But compassion takes work, and we were young.
Margaret AtwoodCanada is a balloon-puncturing country. You are not really allowed to be an icon unless you also make an idiot of yourself.
Margaret AtwoodTime has not stood still. It has washed over me, washed me away, as if I'm nothing more than a woman of sand, left by a careless child too near the water.
Margaret Atwood