"You know I love you. You're the only one." "She isn't the… - Margaret Atwood

"You know I love you. You're the only one."

"She isn't the first woman he's ever said that to. He shouldn't have used it up so much earlier in his life, he shouldn't have treated it like a tool, a wedge, a key to open women. By the time he got around to meaning it, the words sounded fraudulent to him and he'd been ashamed to pronounce them."

Margaret Atwood

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love manipulation lies amorality

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

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