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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.

Margaret Atwood

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Margaret Atwood
Age: 84
Born: 1939
Born: November 18
Essayist
Inventor
Literary Critic
Non-Fiction Writer
Novelist
Pedagogue
Poet
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Ottawa (Ontario)
Margaret Eleanor Atwood
Fought
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Secret
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Undeclared
Never
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Invisibility

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