We thought we had such problems. How were we to know we were happy? ✨ …

Margaret Atwood
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We thought we had such problems. How were we to know we were happy? ✨ Margaret Atwood (1986). The Handmaid's Tale, p.51, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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We thought we had such problems. How were we to know we were happy? ✨ Margaret Atwood (1986). The Handmaid's Tale, p.51, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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