The Human moral keyboard is limited. . . there's nothing you can play on it that hasn't been … - Margaret Atwood

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My mother is very ideologically based, and her ideology is much more important in many ways than her personal relationships.

Margaret Atwood

The Human moral keyboard is limited. . . there's nothing you can play on it that hasn't been played before. And, my dear Friends, I am sorry to say this, but it has its lower notes.

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