And yet it disturbs me to learn I have hurt someone unintentionally. I…

Margaret Atwood
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And yet it disturbs me to learn I have hurt someone unintentionally. I want all my hurts to be intentional. ✨ Margaret Atwood (1988). Cat's eye, Doubleday, 1989
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And yet it disturbs me to learn I have hurt someone unintentionally. I want all my hurts to be intentional. ✨ Margaret Atwood (1988). Cat's eye, Doubleday, 1989

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