“In a parallel universe or another world or a different life, we sit across from each other at the kitchen table and go over the grocery list.”
— Margaret Atwood
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[what does that mean, if you have two?]
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recommend me books based on my current faves please:
- the secret history by donna tart
- the handmaids tale by margaret atwood
- no longer human by osamu dazai
- my year of rest and relaxation by otessa moshfegh
- the bloody chamber by angela carter
- 1984 by george orwell
Super basic taste but I wanna start reading more please comment recommendations !!!
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Margaret Atwood
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"And it was Death itself who stood behind me, with his arms wrapped around me as tight as iron bands, and his lipless mouth kissing my neck as if in love. But as well as the horror, I felt a strangle longing."
Margaret Atwood, Alias Grace
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I thought, this bathroom is mine now. It is my territory; I can go into it and out of it whenever I please. It is the only place where I am safe.
Margaret Atwood, The War In The Bathroom
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You can't help what you feel, but you can help how you behave
Margaret Atwood
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I’m not sure which is worse: intense feeling, or the absence of it.
Margaret Atwood, The Blind Assassin
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that’s so 1984
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Margaret Atwood, from True Stories: Poems; "Postcard," originally published in 1981
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"I knew what love was supposed to be: obsession with undertones of nausea."
Margaret Atwood, Cat's Eye
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These trees were mine. This sidewalk was mine. When the snow melted and the trees blossomed, the damp earth and the new leaves and the spring water running in the gutters would be mine.
Margaret Atwood, The War In The Bathroom
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— Margaret Atwood, We Are Hard from Power Politics: Poems (via lunamonchtuna)
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