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Margaret Atwood
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The only way you can write the truth is to assume that what you set down will never be read. ✨ Margaret Atwood (2007). The Blind Assassin: A Novel, p.283, Anchor
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The only way you can write the truth is to assume that what you set down will never be read. ✨ Margaret Atwood (2007). The Blind Assassin: A Novel, p.283, Anchor

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