The Handmaid's Tale
Quotes from The Handmaid's Tale
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"I wouldn't mind, even if he came right now."Janine
"The period of greatest danger has passed."The Commander Power
"I am not just an incubator."Offred Freedom
"We lived, as usual, by ignoring."Offred
"Nothing changes instantaneously."Offred Change
"Ignorance is bliss, they say, and that's what they count on."Offred Knowledge
"Better never means better for everyone."Serena Joy Justice
"I want to be valued, in the end."Offred
"We were the people who were not in the papers. We lived in the gaps between the stories."Offred
"They thrive on our degradation"Moira
"My name was Rosa, but I could never be called that by anyone else"Offred
"I can't answer that question to myself"Offred Knowledge
"We lived, as usual, by ignoring"Offred Truth
"I sit in the bitter air like a stone"Offred Solitude
"The trouble with the past is that it keeps intruding"Offred Time
"You can't put a quart into a pint pot"Serena Joy Wisdom
"Longing is a kind of torture"Offred Hope
"The pen is envy"The Commander Power
"I dream of rain"Offred Nature
"By the power vested in me, I now pronounce you wife and handmaid"The Commander Justice
"We are two-legged wombs, that's all"Janine Power
"The Republic of Gilead, I said to myself"Offred Politics
"Nothing changes instantly"Offred Change
"Humanity is a comment"The Commander Philosophy
"I want to be valued, in the way that a sandwich gives me with my name on it"Offred Relationships
"Fear tastes like metal"Offred Fear
"The night is mine, my own time, to do with as I like, as long as I am quiet"Offred Freedom
"We were the people who were not in the papers"Offred History
"Modesty is invisibility"Serena Joy Power
"Ignoring isn't the same as ignorance, you have to work at it"Offred Truth