You can mean more than one. You can mean thousands. I'm not in any imm…

Margaret Atwood
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You can mean more than one. You can mean thousands. I'm not in any immediate danger, I'll say to you. I'll pretend you can hear me. But it's no good, because I know you can't. ✨ Margaret Atwood (1986). The Handmaid's Tale, p.40, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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You can mean more than one. You can mean thousands. I'm not in any immediate danger, I'll say to you. I'll pretend you can hear me. But it's no good, because I know you can't. ✨ Margaret Atwood (1986). The Handmaid's Tale, p.40, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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