All stories are about wolves. All worth repeating, that is.… - Margaret Atwood

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All stories are about wolves. All worth repeating, that is. Anything else is sentimental drivel.

All of them?

Sure, he says. Think about it. There's escaping from the wolves, fighting the wolves, capturing the wolves, taming the wolves. Being thrown to the wolves, or throwing others to the wolves so the wolves will eat them instead of you. Running with the wolf pack. Turning into a wolf. Best of all, turning into the head wolf. No other decent stories exist.

Margaret Atwood

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

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