But people will do anything rather than admit that their lives have no meaning. No use, that is. No plot.

Margaret Atwood

The Handmaid's Tale

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Topic

Meaning of life Existential terror Meaninglessness

Author

Margaret Atwood

Source

The Handmaid's Tale

Medium

Novel

Genre

Dystopian fiction

Language

English

Time

1985 1980s 20th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

Canada

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Citation

Atwood, Margaret. The Handmaid's Tale. McClelland and Stewart/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1985, ch. 33.

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Share everything.
Play fair.
Don't hit people.
Put things back where you found them.
Clean up your own mess.
Don't take things that aren't yours.
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Live a balanced life-learn some and think some and draw and paint and sing and dance and play and work every day some.

Robert Fulghum

All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten

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How to live

Author

Robert Fulghum
Source
All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten
Statement Type
Advice
Language
English
Time
1988 1980s 20th century
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Citation

Fulghum, Robert. "Credo." All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten. 1986.