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“She doesn't think it's a good idea to know the future, because you can hardly ever change it, so why suffer twice?”

Inevitable Prophecy Foresight Suffer Unchangeable The Future Fortune Telling Margaret Atwood Bad Idea The Robber Bride

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“Roz is crying again. What she's mourning is her own good will. She tried so hard, she tried so hard to be kind and nurturing, to do the best thing. But Tony and the twins were right: no matter what you do, somebody always gets boiled.”

Inevitable Mourning Disillusionment Margaret Atwood The Robber Bride

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“Although he doesn't know it yet, she isn't his real life. But he is hers. This is painful.”

Sad Painful Unrequited Love One Sided Love Margaret Atwood Unequal Affections The Robber Bride

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“She has never been in the presence, before, of two people who are in love with each other. She feels like a stray child, ragged and cold, with her nose pressed to a lighted window. A toy-store window, a bakery window, with fancy cakes and decorated cookies. Poverty prevents her entrance. These things are for other people; nothing for her.”

Sad Metaphor In Love Left Out Margaret Atwood Voyeur The Robber Bride Extended Metaphor Out In The Cold

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“She had an idea, but it was the wrong idea. It was hardly even an idea, just a white idea balloon with no writing inside it.”

Metaphor Description Idea Margaret Atwood The Robber Bride

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“Mitch looks in her direction. He can't meet her eyes. It's as if she's semi-invisible, a kind of hovering blur.”

Metaphor Description Margaret Atwood The Robber Bride

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