In order to avoid her death, her particular death, with wru… - Margaret Atwood

" "
In order to avoid her death, her particular death, with wrung neck and swollen tongue, she must marry the hangman.

Margaret Atwood

Sources available for members. Sign up free to see where this quote comes from

English

Collect this quote

About Margaret Atwood

Margaret Eleanor Atwood (born 18 November 1939) is a Canadian novelist, poet, and literary critic.

Biography information from Wikiquote

Also Known As

Alternative Names: Margaret Eleanor Atwood • Marqaret Etvud

All quotes from Margaret Atwood Similar Quotes by other Originators

Originators like Margaret Atwood:

John Fowles Joyce Carol Oates J. M. Coetzee Louise Erdrich William Faulkner

Additional quotes by Margaret Atwood

Religious people of any serious kind made her nervous: they were like men in raincoats who might or might not be flashers.

My audience is God,
because who the hell else could understand me?

According to Tobias, women hang around longer because they’re less capable of indignation and better at being humiliated, for what is old age but one long string of indignities? What person of integrity would put up with it?

In order to avoid her death, her particular death, with wrung neck and swollen tongue, she must marry the hangman. - Margaret Atwood

About Margaret Atwood

Also Known As

Works in ChatGPT, Claude, or Any AI

Additional quotes by Margaret Atwood

Works in ChatGPT, Claude, or Any AI