Margaret Atwood Quotes
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.
Atwood, Margaret. In Other Worlds: SF and the Human Imagination. Signal, 2011.
This is one of the most interesting quotations of Medieval history. The king had equated morality and rule of law with popularity, and has placed a high priority on both—this at a time when most rulers believed that theirs was a divine right of rule. The great ones like Alexander the Great and Theodoric were exceptions. The letter was actually drafted and written by Cassiodorus, the King’s secretary.
Margaret Eleanor Atwood CC OOnt CH FRSC is a Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, teacher, environmental activist, and inventor. Since 1961, she has published 18 books of poetry, 18 novels, 11 books of non-fiction, nine collections of short fiction, eight children's books, and two graphic novels, as well as a number of small press editions of both poetry and fiction. Atwood has won numerous awards and honors for her writing, including the Booker Prize (twice), Arthur C. Clarke Award, Governor General's Award, Franz Kafka Prize, Princess of Asturias Awards, and the National Book Critics and PEN Center USA Lifetime Achievement Awards. A number of her works have been adapted for film and television.
