• History, as I recall, was never this winsome, and especially not this clean, but the real thing would never sell: most people prefer a past in which nothing smells.

    Margaret Atwood: History, as I recall, was never this winsome, and especially not this clean, but the real thing would never sell: most people prefer a past in which nothing smells.
    Margaret Atwood (2007). “The Blind Assassin: A Novel”, p.52, Anchor