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Quotes from Selected Poems 1976-1986 — Margaret Atwood

born 1939 Canada

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To live in prison is to live without mirrors. To live
without mirrors is to live without the self.

Selected Poems 1976-1986 (1987)

In order to avoid her death, her particular death, with
wrung neck and swollen tongue, she must marry the
hangman.

Selected Poems 1976-1986 (1987)

The fact is there are no stories I can tell my friends that will make them feel better. History cannot be erased, although we can soothe ourselves by speculating about it.

Selected Poems 1976-1986 (1987)

Everyone said he was a fool.
Everyone said she was a clever woman.
They used the word ensnare.

Selected Poems 1976-1986 (1987)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Margaret Atwood (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.