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Ма́ргарет Элеано́р Э́твуд — канадская англоязычная писательница, поэтесса, литературный критик, активистка охраны природы и феминистка. Лауреат премии Артура Кларка 1987 года за роман «Рассказ служанки», премии принцессы Астурийской, премии генерал-губернатора Канады , Букеровских премий 2000 и 2019 года , премии Франца Кафки четырежды финалистка Букеровской премии. Относится к наиболее известным современным англоязычным писателям. Компаньон ордена Канады. Wikipedia  

✵ 18. Ноябрь 1939   •   Другие имена Margaret Eleanor Atwood
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„Ветер сметает с мозгов паутину, и дышишь полной грудью“

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Источник: Каменная подстилка (сборник)

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“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

“If he wants to be an asshole, it's a free country. Millions before him have made the same life choice.”

Margaret Atwood книга Орикс и Коростель

Источник: Oryx and Crake

“Potential has a shelf life.”

Источник: CAT'S EYE.

“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

“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

“The Eskimo has fifty-two names for snow because it is important to them; there ought to be as many for love.”

Margaret Atwood книга Surfacing

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.”

Margaret Atwood книга The Handmaid's Tale

Источник: The Handmaid's Tale

“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

“All you have to do, I tell myself, is keep your mouth shut and look stupid. It shouldn't be that hard.”

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

“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