Margaret Atwood Quotes

An Old Walrus-faced Waiter Attended To Me; He Had The Knack Of Pouring The Coffee And The Hot Milk From Two Jugs, Held High In The Air, And I Found This Entrancing, As If He Were A Child's Magician. One Day He Said To Me - He Had Some English - "Why Are You Sad?"
"I'm Not Sad," I Said, And Began To Cry. Sympathy From Strangers Can Be Ruinous.
"You Should Not Be Sad," He Said, Gazing At Me With His Melancholy, Leathery Walrus Eyes. "It Must Be The Love. But You Are Young And Pretty, You Will Have Time To Be Sad Later." The French Are Connoisseurs Of Sadness, They Know All The Kinds. This Is Why They Have Bidets. "It Is Criminal, The Love," He Said, Patting My Shoulder. "But None Is Worse.

Margaret Atwood Quotes: An Old Walrus-faced Waiter Attended To Me; He Had The Knack Of Pouring The Coffee And The Hot Milk From

Margaret Atwood Quotes: An Old Walrus-faced Waiter Attended To Me; He Had The Knack Of Pouring The Coffee And The Hot Milk From

Margaret Atwood Quotes: An Old Walrus-faced Waiter Attended To Me; He Had The Knack Of Pouring The Coffee And The Hot Milk From

Margaret Atwood Quotes: An Old Walrus-faced Waiter Attended To Me; He Had The Knack Of Pouring The Coffee And The Hot Milk From

Margaret Atwood Quotes: An Old Walrus-faced Waiter Attended To Me; He Had The Knack Of Pouring The Coffee And The Hot Milk From

Margaret Atwood Quotes: An Old Walrus-faced Waiter Attended To Me; He Had The Knack Of Pouring The Coffee And The Hot Milk From

Margaret Atwood Quotes: An Old Walrus-faced Waiter Attended To Me; He Had The Knack Of Pouring The Coffee And The Hot Milk From

Margaret Atwood Quotes: An Old Walrus-faced Waiter Attended To Me; He Had The Knack Of Pouring The Coffee And The Hot Milk From

Margaret Atwood Quotes: An Old Walrus-faced Waiter Attended To Me; He Had The Knack Of Pouring The Coffee And The Hot Milk From

Margaret Atwood Quotes: An Old Walrus-faced Waiter Attended To Me; He Had The Knack Of Pouring The Coffee And The Hot Milk From

Related Authors

Related Topics

Quotes About Interpreting
To me, the work I do is a means of interpreting unsettling truths, of bearing witness, and of sounding an alarm. The beauty of formal representation both carries an affirmation — Richard Misrach
Human Frailties Quotes
Communism worked honestly by officials devoid of human frailties and devoted to nothing but the good of its slaves, would have certain manifest material advantages as compared with a proletarian — Hilaire Belloc
Pogues Quotes
(Streets of Sorrow) Oh, farewell you streets of sorrow Oh, farewell you streets of pain I'll not return to feel more sorrow Through the years I've lived through terror And — The Pogues
Screaming Staircase Quotes
But certainly the two best-known tales in the neighborhood - the key hauntings, if you will - concern the Red Room and the Screaming Staircase.' There was a profound silence, — Jonathan Stroud
Spirit Filled Inspirational Quotes
Today, may you be filled with an immense sense of inner peace, unity, joy & happiness. — Eleesha