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Neither of us says the word love, not once. It would be tempting fate it would be romance, bad luck.
Margaret Atwood
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Margaret Atwood
Age: 85
Born: 1939
Born: November 18
Essayist
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Ottawa (Ontario)
Margaret Eleanor Atwood
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