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There are some women who seem to be born without fear, just as there are people who are born without the ability to feel pain ... Providence appears to protect such women, maybe out of astonishment.

There are some women who seem to be born without fear, just as there are people who are born without the ability to feel pain ... Providence appears to protect such women, maybe out of astonishment.

Margaret Atwood
Pain, Fear, People
Margaret Atwood (2012). “Bluebeard's Egg”, p.112, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Modesty is invisibility... Never forget it. To be seen - to be seen - is to be... penetrated. What you must be girls, is impenetrable.

Margaret Atwood
Girl, Fear, Invisibility

Knowing was a temptation. What you don't know won't tempt you.

Margaret Atwood
Fear, Knowing, Temptation
Margaret Atwood (1986). “The Handmaid's Tale”, p.195, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Fear has a smell, as love does.

Margaret Atwood
Fear, Smell, Doe
Margaret Atwood (2012). “Surfacing”, p.122, Simon and Schuster

The fact is that blank pages inspire me with terror. What will I put on them? Will it be good enough? Will I have to throw it out?

Margaret Atwood
Fear, Inspire, Pages
Margaret Atwood (1990). “Margaret Atwood: Conversations”, Princeton, N.J. : Ontario Review Press

There are some women who seem to be born without fear, just as there are people who are born without the ability to feel pain. The painless ones go around putting their hands on hot stoves, freezing their feet to the point of gangrene, scalding the lining of their throats with boiling coffee, because there is no warning anguish. Evolution does not favour them. So too perhaps with the fearless women, because there aren't very many of them around. ... Providence appears to protect such women, maybe out of astonishment.

Margaret Atwood
Pain, Fear, Coffee
Margaret Atwood (2012). “Bluebeard's Egg”, p.112, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

I lie on the floor, washed by nothing and hanging on. I cry at night. I am afraid of hearing voices, or a voice. I have come to the edge, of the land. I could get pushed over.

Margaret Atwood
Fear, Lying, Night
FaceBook post by Margaret Atwood from Mar 21, 2015

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