Anyway, maybe there weren't any solutions. Human society, corpses and …

Margaret Atwood
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Anyway, maybe there weren't any solutions. Human society, corpses and rubble. It never learned, it made the same cretinous mistakes over and over, trading short-term gain for long-term pain. ✨ Margaret Atwood (2004). Oryx and Crake, p.243, Anchor
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Anyway, maybe there weren't any solutions. Human society, corpses and rubble. It never learned, it made the same cretinous mistakes over and over, trading short-term gain for long-term pain. ✨ Margaret Atwood (2004). Oryx and Crake, p.243, Anchor

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