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“Anyway, maybe there weren't any solutions. Human society, corpses and rubble. It never learned, it made the same cretinous mistakes over and over, trading short-term gain for long-term pain."

— Margaret Atwood Oryx and Crake (2003)

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

Surfacing (1972)

I would rather dance as a ballerina, though faultily, than as a flawless clown.

Lady Oracle (1976)

Ignoring isn’t the same as ignorance, you have to work at it.

The Handmaid’s Tale (1985)

War is what happens when language fails.

The Robber Bride (1993)

Time is not a line but a dimension, like the dimensions of space.

Cat's Eye (1988)

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