Margaret Atwood

My Evil Mother

Leon

Seher Mohsin

My mother had a thing for blue in tableware; she said it warded off any evil eyes intent on ruining the food.

(Worth it, she said: only the wild ones had souls.)

“Why would I care about the tittle-tattle of the uninformed?

“They may not like me, but they respect me. Respect is better than like.”

I very much wanted to be liked. My mother frequently said I’d have to give up that frivolous desire if I was going to amount to anything. She said that wanting to be liked was a weakness of character.

I certainly didn’t want any pointing going on; pointing was how you directed a spell.

She says I don’t have the sense God gave a goose.”

“It’s hard living with someone who’s always right.

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