"The Edible Woman" Quotes
A young woman's increasing discomfort with societal expectations and gender roles is symbolized by her refusal to eat certain foods in Margaret Atwood's "The Edible Woman."
fiction | 310 pages | Published in NaN
Quotes
I think the main reason women are so crazy is that men are so stupid.
The condition of being edible is a significant limitation.
The trouble with poison is that it isn't always fatal.
I don't want to be married just to be married. I can't think of anything lonelier than spending the rest of my life with someone I can't talk to, or worse, someone I can't be silent with.
We don't ever get away from the past. It's there, no matter what we do.
I wanted to be a cow, but there aren't any cows here and there's nothing for me to do anyway. I'm not a cow, I'm a woman. I'm not going to be satisfied with the role of a cow. I want to be a whole person.
You're a very nice girl, Marian. I hope you'll always be a very nice girl, because it would be such a shame if anything happened to you.
I don't want to be the one holding the basket, waiting for him to return. I don't want to be the one holding the basket, waiting for him to fill it with things I may or may not want.
As far as I'm concerned, it's a man's duty to stick by his wife and family, no matter how little money he makes or how much he hates the old bag.
I think it's silly to expect to be loved, simply on the strength of being female.
