Is anything wrong, dear? the old joke went. No, why? You moved. Just d…

Margaret Atwood
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Is anything wrong, dear? the old joke went. No, why? You moved. Just don't move. ✨ Margaret Atwood (1986). The Handmaid's Tale, p.222, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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Is anything wrong, dear? the old joke went. No, why? You moved. Just don't move. ✨ Margaret Atwood (1986). The Handmaid's Tale, p.222, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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