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He has been trying to sing Love into existence again And he has failed
Margaret Atwood
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Margaret Atwood
Age: 84
Born: 1939
Born: November 18
Essayist
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Non-Fiction Writer
Novelist
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Ottawa (Ontario)
Margaret Eleanor Atwood
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I felt white, drained of blood, cared for, purified. Peaceful.
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We battled in secret, undeclared, and after a while I no longer fought back because I never won. The only defense was flight, invisibility.
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I stand on the corner, pretending I am a tree.
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