Quote by Offred

"We were the people who were not in the papers. We lived in the gaps between the stories."

"Ignoring isn't the same as ignorance, you have to work at it."

"I am not her. I am myself."

"The Republic of Gilead, I said. And felt, rather than heard, a kind of silence, like static."

"Fear drives civilization. Without it, there is only chaos."

"Order through chaos. That's the only real answer."

"Politics and power corrupt when they're separated from purpose."

"The system isn't broken—it was built this way. We have to rebuild it."