"Every time a gift is given it is enlivened and regenerated through the new spiritual life it engenders both in the giver and in the recipient."
–– Margaret Atwood (b. 1939), Canadian writer, environmental activist and inventor
Source: Robin Wall-Kimmerer. The Serviceberry. New York: Scribner, 2024; p. 50.
"Men are afraid that women will laugh at them. Women are afraid that men will kill them."
–– Margaret Atwood (b. 1939), Canadian writer, environmental activist and inventor
"Water does not resist. Water flows. When you plunge your hand into it, all you feel is a caress. Water is not a solid wall, it will not stop you. But water always goes where it wants to go, and nothing in the end can stand against it. Water is patient. Dripping water wears away a stone. Remember that, my child. Remember you are half water. If you can't go through an obstacle, go around it. Water does."
–– Margaret Atwood (b. 1939), Canadian writer, environmental activist and inventor
