Source: The Handmaid’s Tale (1985), Chapter 41 (p. 268)
Source: The Handmaid's Tale
“By telling you anything at all I'm at least believing in you, I believe you're there, I believe you into being.”
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Margaret Atwood
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The Handmaid's Tale
Source: The Handmaid's Tale
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