One and one and one and one doesn't equal four. Each one remains uniqu…

Margaret Atwood
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One and one and one and one doesn't equal four. Each one remains unique, there is no way of joining them together. They cannot be exchanged, one for the other. They cannot replace each other. ✨ Margaret Atwood (1986). The Handmaid's Tale, p.192, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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One and one and one and one doesn't equal four. Each one remains unique, there is no way of joining them together. They cannot be exchanged, one for the other. They cannot replace each other. ✨ Margaret Atwood (1986). The Handmaid's Tale, p.192, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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