I wanted to forget the past, but it refused to forget me; i… - Margaret Atwood

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I wanted to forget the past, but it refused to forget me; it waited for sleep, then cornered me.

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Margaret Eleanor Atwood (born 18 November 1939) is a Canadian novelist, poet, and literary critic.

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