The best way of being kind to bears is not to be very close to them. ✨…

Margaret Atwood
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The best way of being kind to bears is not to be very close to them. ✨ Alastair Reynolds, Margaret Atwood, Stephen Baxter, Hannu Rajaniemi, Paul Graham Raven (2012). Arc 1.1: The Future Always Wins, p.39, Arc
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