Beginnings are sudden, but also insidious. They creep up on you sidewa…

Margaret Atwood
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Beginnings are sudden, but also insidious. They creep up on you sideways, they keep to the shadows, they lurk unrecognized. Then, later, they spring. ✨ Margaret Atwood (2007). The Blind Assassin: A Novel, p.190, Anchor
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Beginnings are sudden, but also insidious. They creep up on you sideways, they keep to the shadows, they lurk unrecognized. Then, later, they spring. ✨ Margaret Atwood (2007). The Blind Assassin: A Novel, p.190, Anchor

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