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Oryx and Crake

Oryx and Crake is at once an unforgettable love story and a compelling vision of the future. Snowman, known as Jimmy before mankind was overwhelmed by a plague, is struggling to survive in a world where he may be the last human, and mourning the lo

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“So this was the rest of his life. It felt like a party to which he'd been invited, but at an address he couldn't actually locate. Someone must be having fun at it, this life of his; only, right at the moment, it wasn't him.”

— Margaret Atwood, amazon.com

Tagged: Life, Living, Detachment

“We understand more than we know.”

— Margaret Atwood, amazon.com

Tagged: Understanding, Knowledge, Life, Learning

“There's something to be said for hunger: at least it lets you know you're still alive.”

— Margaret Atwood, amazon.com

Tagged: Hunger, Vitality, Life, Living, Desire

“After everything that's happened, how can the world still be so beautiful? Because it is.”

— Margaret Atwood, amazon.com

Tagged: The World, beauty, Gratitude, Appreciation, Nature

“They spent the first three years of school getting you to pretend stuff and then the rest of it marking you down if you did the same thing.”

— Margaret Atwood, amazon.com

Tagged: Learning, Education, Children, Creativity, invention

“Every habit he's ever had is still there in his body, lying dormant like flowers in the desert. Given the right conditions, all his old addictions would burst into full and luxuriant bloom.”

— Margaret Atwood, amazon.com

Tagged: Addiction, habits, Conditions

“Nature is to zoos as God is to churches.”

— Margaret Atwood, amazon.com

Tagged: Religion, God, Church