Power Quotes
Who has it, who wants it, and what happens when it's wielded wisely or poorly.
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"I want to be valued, in the way that wives are valued."Offred
"A woman is her ovaries."The Commander
"Whatever in creation exists without my knowledge exists without my consent."Judge Holden
"Power is in the darkness."Rinehart
"Whatever in creation exists without my knowledge exists without my consent."Judge Holden
"You have no idea what I am."Judge Holden
"You see, some people, if you can take their joy from them, they're reduced to half of what they were."Rasheed
"A man's honor is built on the subjugation of his wife."Rasheed
"Being invisible and without substance, a disembodied voice, as it were, what else could I do?"The Invisible Man (Narrator)
"I had achieved a position of great authority."The Invisible Man (Narrator)
"Power consists of making people believe you're powerful."The Commander
"Whatever exists without my knowledge exists without my consent"Judge Holden
"Everything that is is a study of power"Judge Holden
"Pen is envy, penis is envy"Moira
"A voice is power"Offred
"We were not in control"Offred
"Memory is a form of power"Offred
"I felt a vast network of power and I didn't understand it."The Invisible Man (Narrator)
"I learned that words have power beyond measure."The Invisible Man (Narrator)
"Whatever exists without my knowledge exists without my consent."Judge Holden
"The most insidious and fatal thing is this acceptance."The Invisible Man (Narrator)
"Everyone wants to use you for something."The Invisible Man (Narrator)
"The world conspires to make you something you are not."The Invisible Man (Narrator)
"The world demands that you conform or disappear."The Invisible Man (Narrator)
"All order is imposed."Judge Holden
"Pity is not the point. Nor love. The point is the taking, the ownership."Offred
"Whatever in creation exists without my knowledge exists without my consent."Judge Holden
"I have no enemies."Judge Holden
"Words were weapons she had wielded thoughtlessly."Briony Tallis
"Power derives from control, and those without control are destroyed."The Narrator (omniscient)