Margaret Atwood Quotes About Jimmy

Quotes about: Jimmy

• But the adjectives change,” said Jimmy. “Nothing’s worse than last year’s adjectives.

  Margaret Atwood

  Years, Adjectives, Lasts

  Margaret Atwood (2014). “The MaddAddam Trilogy Bundle: The Year of the Flood; Oryx & Crake; MaddAddam”, p.247, Anchor

• Those walls and bars are there for a reason,” said Crake. “Not to keep us out, but to keep them in. Mankind needs barriers in both cases.” “Them?” “Nature and God.” “I thought you didn’t believe in God,” said Jimmy. “I don’t believe in Nature either,” said Crake. “Or not with a capital N.

  Margaret Atwood

  Wall, Believe, Needs

  Margaret Atwood (2004). “Oryx and Crake”, p.206, Anchor

• Your friend is intellectually honourable," Jimmy's mother would say. "He doesn't lie to himself.

  Margaret Atwood

  Mother, Lying, Jimmy

  Margaret Atwood (2004). “Oryx and Crake”, p.69, Anchor

• ...and nostalgia swept through Jimmy like a sudden hunger.

  Margaret Atwood

  Nostalgia, Hunger, Jimmy

• Jimmy had been full of himself back then, thinks Snowman with indulgence and a little envy. He’d been unhappy too, of course. It went without saying, his unhappiness. He’d put a lot of energy into it.

  Margaret Atwood

  Thinking, Envy, Unhappy

• Once in a while, Jimmy would make up a word but he never once got caught out. ... He should have been pleased by his success with these verbal fabrications, but instead he was depressed by it. The memos telling him he'd done a good job meant nothing to him; all they proved was that no one was capable of appreciating how clever he had been. He came to understand why serial killers sent helpful clues to the police.

  Margaret Atwood

  Jobs, Clever, Should Have

• Jimmy found himself wishing to make a dent in Crake, get a reaction; it was one of his weaknesses, to care what other people thought of him.

  Margaret Atwood

  People, Wish, Weakness

  Margaret Atwood (2004). “Oryx and Crake”, p.73, Anchor

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