What did Margaret Atwood mean by: To live in prison is to live without mirrors. To live without mirrors is to live without the self. - Margaret Atwood Author · Canada Copy
+ We thought we had such problems. How were we to know we were happy? Feraz Zeid, January 2, 2024January 10, 2024, Margaret Atwood, Problem, 0 - Margaret Atwood Author · Canada
+ A rat in a maze is free to go anywhere, as long as it stays inside the maze. Feraz Zeid, January 2, 2024January 10, 2024, Margaret Atwood, Rats, 0 - Margaret Atwood Author · Canada
+ The best way of being kind to bears is not to be very close to them. Feraz Zeid, January 2, 2024January 10, 2024, Margaret Atwood, Be Kind, 0 - Margaret Atwood Author · Canada
+ Water does not resist. Water flows. When you plunge your hand into it, all you feel is a caress. Feraz Zeid, January 2, 2024January 10, 2024, Margaret Atwood, Hands, Patience, Water, 0 - Margaret Atwood Author · Canada
+ Optimism means better than reality; pessimism means worse than reality. I’m a realist. Feraz Zeid, January 2, 2024January 10, 2024, Margaret Atwood, Optimistic, Reality, 0 - Margaret Atwood Author · Canada
+ But the adjectives change,” said Jimmy. “Nothing’s worse than last year’s adjectives. Feraz Zeid, January 2, 2024January 10, 2024, Margaret Atwood, 0 - Margaret Atwood Author · Canada
+ There are some virtues to not saying what you think all the time. Feraz Zeid, January 2, 2024January 10, 2024, Margaret Atwood, Silence, Virtue, 0 - Margaret Atwood Author · Canada
+ Don’t wait until you’re ‘in the mood.’ Get into the mood by writing. Feraz Zeid, January 2, 2024January 10, 2024, Margaret Atwood, Mood, Waiting, Writing, 0 - Margaret Atwood Author · Canada
Mirrors would do well to reflect a little more before sending back images. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Watch yourself all your life in a mirror and you’ll see Death at work like bees in a glass hive. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
The constancy of the wise is only the art of keeping disquietude to one’s self. Explain - François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
The most amiable people are those who least wound the self-love of others. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
If self-knowledge is the road to virtue, so is virtue still more the road to self-knowledge. - Jean Paul Writer · Germany
Our self-love can be resigned to the sacrifice of everything but itself. - Jean-Francois de La Harpe Playwright · France
That’s what existence means: draining one’s own self dry without the sense of thirst. Explain - Jean-Paul Sartre Philosopher · France
