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“Yes, the thought-experiment penises can get out of control,”
― Margaret Atwood, The Testaments

“Keep steady, I told myself. Don’t share too much about yourself, it will be used against you. Listen carefully. Save all clues. Don’t show fear.”
― Margaret Atwood, The Testaments

“As they say, history does not repeat itself, but it rhymes.”
― Margaret Atwood, The Testaments

“You’ll be looking to make a niche for yourself in whatever dim, echoing caverns of academia may still exist by your time. I situate you at your desk, your hair tucked back behind your ears, your nail polish chipped—for nail polish will have returned, it always does. You’re frowning slightly, a habit that will increase as you age. I hover behind you, peering over your shoulder: your muse, your unseen inspiration, urging you on. You’ll labour over this manuscript of mine, reading and rereading, picking nits as you go, developing the fascinated but also bored hatred biographers so often come to feel for their subjects.”
― Margaret Atwood, The Testaments