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You can't keep a cool head when you're drowning in love. You just trash around a lot and scream, and wear yourself out.

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
Cool
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Head
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Around
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Love
Drowning
Trash
Scream

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