We were the people who were not in the papers. We lived in the blank w…

Margaret Atwood
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We were the people who were not in the papers. We lived in the blank white spaces at the edges of print. It gave us more freedom. We lived in the gaps between the stories. ✨ FaceBook post byMargaret Atwood from Jan 20, 2015
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We were the people who were not in the papers. We lived in the blank white spaces at the edges of print. It gave us more freedom. We lived in the gaps between the stories. ✨ FaceBook post byMargaret Atwood from Jan 20, 2015

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