Top 6 Quotes by Marian Engel

I have tried and failed to lead a conventional life. When I try to be like other people, I fall out of bed.

I have tried and failed to lead a conventional life. When I try to be like other people, I fall out of bed.

Marian Engel

Fall, People, Trying

Marian Engel (1985). “The Tattooed Woman”, Markham, Ont. : Penguin Books Canada

All intellectual missionaries tend to lechery.

Marian Engel

Hypocrisy, Intellectual, Lechery

Marian Engel (1968). “No Clouds of Glory”, New York : Harcourt, Brace & World

Remember that it is not enough to have everything around you beautiful, remember that there must also be change and flux, because it is through change that we pretend that we can make decisions, and keep our pride, and go on pretending that both change and choice exist.

Marian Engel

Beautiful, Pride, Choices