You can think clearly only with your clothes on. ✨ Margaret Atwood (19…

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You can think clearly only with your clothes on. ✨ Margaret Atwood (1986). The Handmaid's Tale, p.143, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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You can think clearly only with your clothes on. ✨ Margaret Atwood (1986). The Handmaid's Tale, p.143, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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