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They didn't realize that her clumsiness was not the ordinary kind, not poor coordination. It was just because she wasn't sure where the edges of her body ended and the rest of the world began.

They didn't realize that her clumsiness was not the ordinary kind, not poor coordination. It was just because she wasn't sure where the edges of her body ended and the rest of the world began.

Approximate author period: c. 1939 AD · modern

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Margaret Atwood
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Approximate author period: c. 1939 AD · modern
Approximate author-period anchor from documented birth year 1939; activity date not established; Wikidata Q183492, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q183492 (accessed 2026-10-08). Not a quotation composition date.
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