... all this talking, this rather liquid confessing, was something I d…

Margaret Atwood
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... all this talking, this rather liquid confessing, was something I didn't think I could ever bring myself to do. It seemed foolhardy to me, like an uncooked egg deciding to to come out of its shell: there would be a risk of spreading out too far, turning into a formless puddle. ✨ Margaret Atwood (1999). The Edible Woman, Emblem Editions
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