Without the protection of surliness and levity, all children would be crushed by the past—the past of others, loaded onto their shoulders. Selfishness is their saving grace.


The Blind Assassin: A Novel (ed. Anchor, 2007) - ISBN: 9780307428172

Margaret Atwood Quotes

Without the protection of surliness and levity, all children would be crushed by the past—the past of others, loaded onto their shoulders....

Without the protection of surliness and levity, all children would be crushed by the past—the past of others, loaded onto their shoulders....

Without the protection of surliness and levity, all children would be crushed by the past—the past of others, loaded onto their shoulders....

Without the protection of surliness and levity, all children would be crushed by the past—the past of others, loaded onto their shoulders....