As human beings, we are always torn between individual freedom and the ability of choose our actions, and … - Margaret Atwood

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I told my kids I just want three words on my tombstone, if I have one. I'll probably be cremated. One is "woman. " I'm very comfortable in that role. I've loved being a woman, I've loved being a mother, I've loved being a grandmother. I want three words: Woman, Atheist, Anarchist. That's me.

Margaret Atwood

As human beings, we are always torn between individual freedom and the ability of choose our actions, and the need for at least enough social structure so that anarchy, chaos, and warlordery - or the war of all against all - can be avoided.

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Men are afraid that women will laugh at them. Women are afraid that men will kill them.

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When we're young, we like happy endings. When we're a little older, we think happy endings are unrealistic and so we prefer bad but credible endings. When we're older still, we realize happy endings aren't so bad after all.

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If he wants to be an asshole, it's a free country. Millions before him have made the same life choice.

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Time has not stood still. It has washed over me, washed me away, as if I'm nothing more than a woman of sand, left by a careless child too near the water.

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I hope that people will finally come to realize that there is only one 'race' - the human race - and that we are all members of it.

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