I want to be held and told my name. I want to be valued, in ways that …

Margaret Atwood
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I want to be held and told my name. I want to be valued, in ways that I am not; I want to be more than valuable. I repeat my former name; remind myself of what I once could do, how others saw me. I want to steal something. ✨ Margaret Atwood (1986). The Handmaid's Tale, p.97, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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