Pink is supposed to weaken your enemies, make them go soft on you, whi…

Margaret Atwood
608 citations
Pink is supposed to weaken your enemies, make them go soft on you, which must be why it's used for baby girls. It's a wonder the military hasn't got on to this. ✨ Margaret Atwood (1989). Cat's Eye, Bantam
Philosophy
26

More Author Quotes

You can mean more than one. You can mean thousands. I'm not in any immediate danger, I'll say to you. I'll pretend you can hear me. But it's no good, because I know you can't. ✨ Margaret Atwood (1986 … ▶
I was warped early by Ray Bradbury and Edgar Allan Poe. I was very fond of Franz Kafka.
If I am good enough and quiet enough, perhaps after all they will let me go; but it’s not easy being quiet and good, it’s like hanging on to the edge of a bridge when you’ve already fallen over; you … ▶
We shouldn't have been so scornful; we should have had compassion. But compassion takes work, and we were young. ✨ Margaret Atwood (2009). The Year of the Flood, p.15, Anchor
All I can hope for is a reconstruction: the way love feels is always only approximate. ✨ Margaret Atwood (1986). The Handmaid's Tale, p.263, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Pink is supposed to weaken your enemies, make them go soft on you, which must be why it's used for baby girls. It's a wonder the military hasn't got on to this. ✨ Margaret Atwood (1989). Cat's Eye, Bantam

More Author Quotes

Most Cited Authors

The Best Quotes

Most Liked Authors

Curated Author Quotes