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Any subject we exclude from fiction will drop from our culture's memory.

Any subject we exclude from fiction will drop from our culture’s memory.
– Emma Donoghue

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  10. And why must it always be presumed that a woman’s views are based on personal considerations? – Emma Donoghue
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