Without the protection of surliness and levity, all children would be …

Margaret Atwood
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Without the protection of surliness and levity, all children would be crushed by the past—the past of others, loaded onto their shoulders. Selfishness is their saving grace. ✨ Margaret Atwood (2007). The Blind Assassin: A Novel, p.419, Anchor
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Without the protection of surliness and levity, all children would be crushed by the past—the past of others, loaded onto their shoulders. Selfishness is their saving grace. ✨ Margaret Atwood (2007). The Blind Assassin: A Novel, p.419, Anchor

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