If it's a story I'm telling, then I have control over the ending... But if it's a story, even in my head, I must be telling it to someone. You don't tell a story only to yourself. There's always someone else. Even when there is no one. β¨ Margaret Atwood (2016). The Handmaid's Tale, p.63, Random House
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