I am afraid of falling into hopeless despair, over my wasted life, and I am still not sure how it happened.
("Alias Grace")
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But thoughtless ingratitude is the armour of the young; without it, how would they ever get through life? The old wish the young well, but they wish them ill also: they would like to eat them up, and absorb their vitality, and remain immortal themselves. Without the protection of surliness and levity, all children would be crushed by the past - the past of others, loaded on their shoulders. Selfishness is their saving grace.Margaret Atwood
I lie on the floor, washed by nothing and hanging on. I cry at night. I am afraid of hearing voices, or a voice. I have come to the edge, of the land. I could get pushed over.
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For if the world treats you well, Sir, you come to believe you are deserving of it.
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Truly amazing, what people can get used to, as long as there are a few compensations.
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There's nothing like a shovel full of dirt to encourage literacy.
Margaret Atwood
Not real can tell us about real.
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