Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid's Tale

Quotes

• “It's impossible to say a thing exactly the way it was, because of what you say can never be exact, you always have to le...”
• “One of the gravestones in the cemetery near the earliest church has an anchor on it and an hourglass, and the words In H...”
• “Fatigue is here, in my body, in my legs and eyes. That is what gets you in the end. Faith is only a word, embroidered.”
• “Neither of us says the word love, not once. It would be tempting fate; it would be romance, bad luck.”
• “Truly amazing, what people can get used to, as long as there are a few compensations.”
• “We yearned for the future. How did we learn it, that talent for insatiability?”
• “Knowing was a temptation. What you don't know won't tempt you.”
• “Ignoring isn’t the same as ignorance, you have to work at it.”
• “Don't let the bastards grind you down.”