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Margaret Atwood

“Nolite te bastardes carborundorum" [...] "But what did it mean?" I said. "What?", he said. "Oh, it meant 'Don't let the bastards grind you down'. I guess we thought we were pretty smart back then.”

Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale
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The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1) The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
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