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Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid's Tale Quotes: I don't want a man around, what use are they except for ten seconds' worth of half babies
         

I don't want a man around, what use are they except for ten seconds' worth of half babies


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Fatigue is here, in my body, in my legs and eyes. That is what gets you in the end. Faith is only a word, embroidered.



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Truly amazing, what people can get used to, as long as there are a few compensations.



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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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To want is to have a weakness.





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