Why is it we want so badly to memorialize ourselves? Even while we’re still alive. We wish to assert our existence, like dogs peeing on fire hydrants.
 Margaret Atwood, The Blind Assassin (2000). copy citation

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Author Margaret Atwood
Source The Blind Assassin
Topic immortality existence memorial
Date 2000
Language English
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