Margaret AtwoodWe were the people who were not in the papers. We lived in the blank white spaces at the edges of print. It gave us more freedom. We lived in the gaps between the stories.
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We were the people who were not in the papers. We lived in the blank white spaces at the edges of print. It gave us more freedom.We lived in the gaps between the stories. We were the people who did not have a voice.
We were not under any pressure from our peers to be perfect, beautiful, or flawless, so we could be ourselves. We could be free to be who we really were and that is what made us special.
Source: The Handmaids Tale
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