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Margaret Atwood Quotes: Heroes need monsters to establish their heroic credentials. You need something scary to overcome.
         

Heroes need monsters to establish their heroic credentials. You need something scary to overcome.


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If the national mental illness of the United States is megalomania, that of Canada is paranoid schizophrenia.



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