If he wants to be an asshole, it's a free country. Millions before him…

Margaret Atwood
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If he wants to be an asshole, it's a free country. Millions before him have made the same life choice. ✨ FaceBook post byMargaret Atwood from Jul 27, 2016
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You need a certain amount of nerve to be a writer. ✨ Margaret Atwood (2006). Writing with Intent: Essays, Reviews, Personal Prose: 1983-2005, p.106, Basic Books
When any civilization is dust and ashes, he said, art is all that's left over. Images, words, music. Imaginative structures. Meaning—human meaning, that is—is defined by them. You have to admit that. … ▶
I don't want to see anyone. I lie in the bedroom with the curtains drawn and nothingness washing over me like a sluggish wave. Whatever is happening to me is my own fault. I have done something wrong … ▶
and each of his voices left his body in a different colored soul and floated up towards the sun still singing. ✨ Margaret Atwood (2012). Lady Oracle, p.13, Simon and Schuster
Because you may think a bed is a peaceful thing, Sir, and to you it may mean rest and comfort and a good night's sleep. But it isn't so for everyone; and there are many dangerous things that may take … ▶

If he wants to be an asshole, it's a free country. Millions before him have made the same life choice. ✨ FaceBook post byMargaret Atwood from Jul 27, 2016

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