Nature is an expert in cost-benefit analysis,' she says. 'Although she does her accounting a little differently. As for debts, she always collects in the long run...

"A word after a word after a word is power."

Margaret Atwood

"Those who live alone slide into the habit of vertical eating: why bother with the niceties when there's no one to share or censure? But laxity in one area may lead to derangement in all."

Margaret Atwood

"Where do the words gowhen we have said them?"

Margaret Atwood

"In my dreams of this city I am always lost."

Margaret Atwood

"A Tennyson garden, heavy with scent, languid; the return of the word swoon."

Margaret Atwood

"These things sneak up on him for no reason, these flashes of irrational happiness. It's probably a vitamin deficiency."

Margaret Atwood