I’m not used to girls, or familiar with their customs. I feel awkward …

Margaret Atwood
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I’m not used to girls, or familiar with their customs. I feel awkward around them, I don’t know what to say. I know the unspoken rules of boys, but with girls I sense that I am always on the verge of some unforeseen, calamitous blunder. ✨ Margaret Atwood (1989). Cat's Eye, Bantam
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we lived in the gaps between the stories ✨ Margaret Atwood (1986). The Handmaid's Tale, p.57, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

I’m not used to girls, or familiar with their customs. I feel awkward around them, I don’t know what to say. I know the unspoken rules of boys, but with girls I sense that I am always on the verge of some unforeseen, calamitous blunder. ✨ Margaret Atwood (1989). Cat's Eye, Bantam

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