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)
паутина
Источник: Ведьмино отродье
дух
Источник: Она же «Грейс»
образ
Источник: Орикс и Коростель
Маргарет Этвуд: Цитаты на английском языке
“You can think clearly only with your clothes on.”
Источник: The Handmaid’s Tale (1985), Chapter 24 (p. 143)
Источник: The Handmaid's Tale
“I am not your justification for existence.”
The Handmaid's Tale
“If we were all on trial for our thoughts, we would all be hanged.”
Источник: Alias Grace
“What am I living for and what am I dying for are the same question.”
Источник: The Year of the Flood
“There were a lot of gods. Gods always come in handy, they justify almost anything.”
Источник: The Blind Assassin
“I knew what love was supposed to be: obsession with undertones of nausea.”
Источник: Cat's Eye
Surfacing (1972) p. 107
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.
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.”
Источник: The Handmaid's Tale
“This is how the girl who couldn't speak and the man who couldn't see fell in love.”
Источник: The Blind Assassin
Источник: The Handmaid’s Tale (1985), Chapter 7 (pp. 39-40)
Источник: The Handmaid's Tale
“We yearned for the future. How did we learn it, that talent for insatiability?”
Источник: The Handmaid's Tale
“Never pray for justice, because you might get some.”
Источник: Cat's Eye
“I want everything back, the way it was. But there is no point to it, this wanting.”
Источник: The Handmaid's Tale
“Knowing was a temptation. What you don't know won't tempt you.”
Источник: The Handmaid's Tale