It had helped to keep her sane, that writing. Then, when time had begun again and real people … - Margaret Atwood

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It's all right to sit on your pity pot every now and again. Just be sure to flush when you are finished. Mrs. Miracle

Margaret Atwood

It had helped to keep her sane, that writing. Then, when time had begun again and real people had entered it, she'd abandoned it here. Now it's a whisper from the past. Is that what writing amounts to? The voice your ghost would have, if it had a voice?

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