“The best way of keeping a secret is to pretend there isn't one.”
Margaret Atwood book The Blind Assassin
Source: The Blind Assassin
Quotes from bookThe Blind Assassin
The Blind Assassin is a novel by the Canadian writer Margaret Atwood. It was first published by McClelland and Stewart in 2000. Set in Canada, it is narrated from the present day, referring to previous events that span the twentieth century.
“All stories are about wolves. All worth repeating, that is. Anything else is sentimental drivel.”
Margaret Atwood book The Blind Assassin
Source: The Blind Assassin (2000)
Context: All stories are about wolves. All worth repeating, that is. Anything else is sentimental drivel. …Think about it. There's escaping from the wolves, fighting the wolves, capturing the wolves, taming the wolves. Being thrown to the wolves, or throwing others to the wolves so the wolves will eat them instead of you. Running with the wolf pack. Turning into a wolf. Best of all, turning into the head wolf. No other decent stories exist.
“There were a lot of gods. Gods always come in handy, they justify almost anything.”
Margaret Atwood book The Blind Assassin
Source: The Blind Assassin
“Time rises and rises, and when it reaches the level of your eyes you drown.”
Margaret Atwood book The Blind Assassin
Source: The Blind Assassin
“What is the real breath of a man — the breathing out or the breathing in?”
Margaret Atwood book The Blind Assassin
Source: The Blind Assassin
“The young habitually mistake lust for love, they're infested with idealism of all kinds.”
Margaret Atwood book The Blind Assassin
Source: The Blind Assassin
“I was sand, I was snow—written on, rewritten, smoothed over.”
Margaret Atwood book The Blind Assassin
Source: The Blind Assassin
“There's nothing like a shovel full of dirt to encourage literacy.”
Margaret Atwood book The Blind Assassin
Source: The Blind Assassin
