Happiness is a garden walled with glass: there's no way in or out. In …

Margaret Atwood
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Happiness is a garden walled with glass: there's no way in or out. In Paradise there are no stories, because there are no journeys. It's loss and regret and misery and yearning that drive the story forward, along its twisted road. ✨ Margaret Atwood (2000). The Blind Assassin, Random House Large Print Publishing
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