Alias Grace Quotes

“and the evening was so beautiful, that it made a pain in my heart, as when you cannot tell wether you are happy or sad; and I thought that if I could have a wish, it would be that nothing would ever change, and we would stay that way forever.”
― Margaret Atwood, Alias Grace

“His father was self-made, but his mother was constructed by others, and such edifices are notoriously fragile.”
― Margaret Atwood

“They are entering the forest of amnesia, where things have lost their names.”
― Margaret Atwood

“Se todos nós fôssemos julgados por nossos pensamentos, seríamos todos enforcados.”
― Margaret Atwood, Alias Grace

“When I was younger I used to think that if I could hug myself tight enough I could make
myself smaller, because there was never enough room for me, at home or anywhere, but if I was smaller then I would fit in;”
― Margaret Atwood