Ocupation: Poet
Life: b. November 18, 1939
Birthday: November 18
I’m not used to girls, or familiar with their customs. I feel awkward around them, I don’t know what to say. I know the unspoken rules of boys, but with girls I sense that I am always on the verge of some unforeseen, calamitous blunder.
source: Margaret Atwood (1989). “Cat's Eye”, Bantam
topic: Girl, Boys, Awkward, Verge, Unspoken, Unspoken Rules