It had helped to keep her sane, that writing. Then, when time had begu…

Margaret Atwood
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It had helped to keep her sane, that writing. Then, when time had begun again and real people had entered it, she'd abandoned it here. Now it's a whisper from the past. Is that what writing amounts to? The voice your ghost would have, if it had a voice? ✨ Margaret Atwood (2013). MaddAddam: Book 3 of The MaddAddam Trilogy, p.282, Anchor
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