“If it's only a story, it becomes less frightening.”
― The Handmaid's Tale
― The Handmaid's Tale
“Meanwhile I must endure, keep myself safe for later. What has happened to me, what's happening to me now, won't make any difference to him, he loves me anyway, he knows it isn't my fault.”
― The Handmaid's Tale
― The Handmaid's Tale
“But who can remember pain, when it's over? All that remains of it is a shadow, not in the mind even, in the flesh. Pain marks you, but too deep to see.”
― The Handmaid's Tale
― The Handmaid's Tale
“Intelligence without the ability to give and receive affection leads to mental and moral breakdown, to neurosis, and possibly even psychosis. And I say that the mind absorbed in and involved in itself as a self-centered end, to the exclusion of human relationships, can only lead to violence and pain.”
― Flowers for Algernon
― Flowers for Algernon
“If they have to die, let it be fast. You might even provide a Heaven for them. We need you for that. Hell we can make for ourselves.”
― The Handmaid's Tale
― The Handmaid's Tale
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