Margaret Atwood Quotes:
Ocupation: Poet
Life: b. November 18, 1939
Birthday: November 18
We have begun to slam doors, and to throw things. I throw my purse, an ashtray, a package of chocolate chips, which breaks on impact. We are picking up chocolate chips for days. Jon throws a glass of milk, the milk, not the glass: he knows his own strength, as I do not. He throws a box of Cheerios, unopened. The things I throw miss, although they are worse things. The things he throws hit, but are harmless. I begin to see how the line is crossed, between histrionics and murder.
source: Margaret Atwood (1989). “Cat's Eye”, Bantam
topic: Impact, Glasses, Doors, Chocolate Chips, Ashtrays
