Маргарет Этвуд знаменитые цитаты
„Людям почему—то нравится сваливать мусор в такие места, где еще сохранилась природа…“
мусор
Источник: проза
Маргарет Этвуд цитаты
„Ветер сметает с мозгов паутину, и дышишь полной грудью“
паутина
Источник: Каменная подстилка (сборник)
Маргарет Этвуд: Цитаты на английском языке
“You can think clearly only with your clothes on.”
Margaret Atwood книга The Handmaid's Tale
Источник: The Handmaid’s Tale (1985), Chapter 24 (p. 143)
Источник: The Handmaid's Tale
“I am not your justification for existence.”
Margaret Atwood книга The Handmaid's Tale
The Handmaid's Tale
“If we were all on trial for our thoughts, we would all be hanged.”
Margaret Atwood книга Alias Grace
Источник: Alias Grace
Margaret Atwood книга Орикс и Коростель
Источник: Oryx and Crake
“What am I living for and what am I dying for are the same question.”
Margaret Atwood книга The Year of the Flood
Источник: The Year of the Flood
Margaret Atwood книга The Handmaid's Tale
Источник: The Handmaid's Tale
“There were a lot of gods. Gods always come in handy, they justify almost anything.”
Margaret Atwood книга The Blind Assassin
Источник: The Blind Assassin
“I knew what love was supposed to be: obsession with undertones of nausea.”
Margaret Atwood книга Cat's Eye
Источник: Cat's Eye
Margaret Atwood книга Surfacing
Surfacing (1972) p. 107 <br class="br">The premise for this quote is now known to be a linguistic myth stemming from the early 20th century work of Franz Boas. This quote by Atwood has been cited as an example of the perpetuation of this myth https://books.google.ca/books/about/White_Lies_about_the_Inuit.html?id=i-osjdNH3g8C. <br class="br">Вариант: The Eskimos had 52 names for snow because it was important to them; there ought to be as many for love.
“I feel like the word shatter.”
Margaret Atwood книга The Handmaid's Tale
Источник: The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood книга The Blind Assassin
Источник: The Blind Assassin
“This is how the girl who couldn't speak and the man who couldn't see fell in love.”
Margaret Atwood книга The Blind Assassin
Источник: The Blind Assassin
Margaret Atwood книга The Handmaid's Tale
Источник: The Handmaid’s Tale (1985), Chapter 7 (pp. 39-40)
Источник: The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood книга The Handmaid's Tale
Источник: The Handmaid's Tale
“We yearned for the future. How did we learn it, that talent for insatiability?”
Margaret Atwood книга The Handmaid's Tale
Источник: The Handmaid's Tale
“Never pray for justice, because you might get some.”
Margaret Atwood книга Cat's Eye
Источник: Cat's Eye
Margaret Atwood книга The Blind Assassin
Источник: The Blind Assassin
“I want everything back, the way it was. But there is no point to it, this wanting.”
Margaret Atwood книга The Handmaid's Tale
Источник: The Handmaid's Tale
“Knowing was a temptation. What you don't know won't tempt you.”
Margaret Atwood книга The Handmaid's Tale
Источник: The Handmaid's Tale