4 Quotes by Margaret Atwood about names

  • Author Margaret Atwood
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    The Eskimo has fifty-two names for snow because it is important to them; there ought to be as many for love.

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  • Author Margaret Atwood
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    '1984' is not a wonder tale. Not only could it happen, but it has happened, but under different names.

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  • Author Margaret Atwood
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    But in the end, back she comes. There's no use resisting. She goes to him for amnesia, for oblivion. She renders herself up, is blotted out; enters the darkness of her own body, forgets her name. Immolation is what she wants, however briefly. To exist without boundaries.

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