Margaret Atwood quotes

" Good judgment comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgment. " # Quotations # Judgment and Judges # Experience

" Another belief of mine that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise. " # Age and Aging # Children # Belief

" The basic Female body comes with the following accessories: garter belt, panty-girdle, crinoline, camisole, bustle, brassiere, stomacher, chemise, virgin zone, spike heels, nose ring, veil, kid gloves, fishnet stockings, fichu, bandeau, Merry Widow, weepers, chokers, barrettes, bangles, beads, lorgnette, feather boa, basic black, compact, Lycra stretch one-piece with modesty panel, designer peignoir, flannel nightie, lace teddy, bed, head. " # Body # Marriage # Modesty

" Never pray for justice, because you might get some. " # Justice

" Men are not to be told anything they might find too painful; the secret depths of human nature, the sordid physicalities, might overwhelm or damage them. For instance, men often faint at the sight of their own blood, to which they are not accustomed. For this reason you should never stand behind one in the line at the Red Cross donor clinic. " # Men # Love # Friends and Friendship

" Popular art is the dream of society; it does not examine itself. " # Popular Culture # Dreams # Arts and Artists

" A word after a word after a word is power. " # Power

" I've never understood why people consider youth a time of freedom and joy. It's probably because they have forgotten their own. " # Youth # Freedom # Life and Living

" If I were going to convert to any religion I would probably choose Catholicism because it at least has female saints and the Virgin Mary. " # Choice # Catholicism # Religion

" We still think of a powerful man as a born leader and a powerful woman as an anomaly. " # Leaders and Leadership # Power # Women