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In Paradise there are no stories, because there are no journeys.

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
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I have long since decided if you wait for the perfect time to write, you'll never write. There is no time that isn't flawed somehow.
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Toast is me. I am toast.
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For if the world treats you well, Sir, you come to believe you are deserving of it.
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You're dead, Cordelia.' No I'm not. 'Yes you are. You're dead. Lie down.
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Better never means better for everyone... It always means worse, for some.
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