The Journals of Susanna Moodie Quotes

“History (that list
of ballooning wishes, flukes,
bent times, plunges and mistakes
clutched like parachutes)
is rolling itself up in your head
at one end unrolling at the other.”
― Margaret Atwood, The Journals of Susanna Moodie

“I planted him in this country
like a flag”
― Margaret Atwood , The Journals of Susanna Moodie

“Stop this. Become human.”
― Margaret Atwood, The Journals of Susanna Moodie

“In the dream I said / I should have known / anything planted here / would come up blood”
― Margaret Atwood, The Journals of Susanna Moodie