This is how the girl who couldn't speak and the man who couldn't see f…

Margaret Atwood
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This is how the girl who couldn't speak and the man who couldn't see fell in love. ✨ Margaret Atwood (2007). The Blind Assassin: A Novel, p.256, Anchor
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