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Some cleric putting a match to her. /Neither of them looks happy about it. /Once lit, she'll burn like a book, /like a book that was ever finished, /like a locked-up library.
Margaret Atwood
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Margaret Atwood
Age: 84
Born: 1939
Born: November 18
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Ottawa (Ontario)
Margaret Eleanor Atwood
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You shouldn't do that, said Laura. You could set yourself on fire.
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Is anything wrong, dear? the old joke went. No, why? You moved. Just don't move.
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All you have to do, I tell myself, is keep your mouth shut and look stupid. It shouldn't be that hard.
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I particularly like Twitter, because it's short and can be very funny and informative. It's a little bit like having your own radio program.
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A voice is a human gift it should be cherished and used, to utter fully human speech as possible. Powerlessness and silence go together.
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