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Margaret Eleanor « Peggy » Atwood, née le 18 novembre 1939 à Ottawa, Ontario, est une romancière, poétesse et critique littéraire canadienne. Elle est l'un des écrivains canadiens les plus connus, en particulier pour son roman The Handmaid's Tale, publié en français en 1987, sous le titre La Servante écarlate et adapté au cinéma et en série en 2017.

✵ 18. novembre 1939  •  Autres noms Margaret Eleanor Atwood
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“You can think clearly only with your clothes on.”

Margaret Atwood livre The Handmaid's Tale

Source: The Handmaid’s Tale (1985), Chapter 24 (p. 143)
Source: The Handmaid's Tale

“I am not your justification for existence.”

Margaret Atwood livre The Handmaid's Tale

The Handmaid's Tale

“Potential has a shelf life.”

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Source: CAT'S EYE.

“What am I living for and what am I dying for are the same question.”

Margaret Atwood livre The Year of the Flood

Source: The Year of the Flood

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

Margaret Atwood livre Surfacing

Surfacing (1972) p. 107 <br class="br">The premise for this quote is now known to be a linguistic myth stemming from the early 20th century work of Franz Boas. This quote by Atwood has been cited as an example of the perpetuation of this myth https://books.google.ca/books/about/White_Lies_about_the_Inuit.html?id=i-osjdNH3g8C. <br class="br">Variante: The Eskimos had 52 names for snow because it was important to them; there ought to be as many for love.

“I feel like the word shatter.”

Margaret Atwood livre The Handmaid's Tale

Source: The Handmaid's Tale

“We yearned for the future. How did we learn it, that talent for insatiability?”

Margaret Atwood livre The Handmaid's Tale

Source: The Handmaid's Tale

“I want everything back, the way it was. But there is no point to it, this wanting.”

Margaret Atwood livre The Handmaid's Tale

Source: The Handmaid's Tale

“Knowing was a temptation. What you don't know won't tempt you.”

Margaret Atwood livre The Handmaid's Tale

Source: The Handmaid's Tale

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