The Robber Bride
History is a construct, she tells her students. Any point of entry is possible and all choices are arbitrary. Still, there are definitive moments, moments we use as references, because they break our sense of continuity, they change the direction of time.
Margaret Atwood • The Robber Bride
She knew how to do that, make herself invisible. All she had to do was to suck in the light around her body; it was like sucking in her breath.
Margaret Atwood • The Robber Bride
You are a woman with a man inside watching a woman. You are your own voyeur.
Margaret Atwood • The Robber Bride
quixotic
Margaret Atwood • The Robber Bride
Those in pain have no time for the pain they cause.
Margaret Atwood • The Robber Bride
spates
Margaret Atwood • The Robber Bride
tenuous
Margaret Atwood • The Robber Bride
War is what happens when language fails.