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The only way you can write the truth is to assume that what you set down will never be read.
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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It's his word against the Commander's, unless he wants to head a posse. Kick in the door, and what did I tell you? Caught in the act, sinfully Scrabbling. Quick, eat those words.
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Blank pages inspire me with terror.
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For the children with their greedy little mouths represent the future, which like time itself will devour all now alive.
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Little girls are cute and small only to adults. To one another they are not cute. They are life-sized.
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