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“Totalitarianisms may crumble from within, as they fail to keep the promises that brought them to power; or they may be attacked from without; or both. There are no sure-fire formulas, since very little in history is inevitable”
― The Testaments
― The Testaments
“You pride yourself on being a realist, I told myself, so face the facts. There’s been a coup, here in the United States, just as in times past in so many other countries. Any forced change of leadership is always followed by a move to crush the opposition. The opposition is led by the educated, so the educated are the first to be eliminated.”
― The Testaments
― The Testaments
“Being able to read and write did not provide answers to all questions. It led to other questions, and then to others.”
― The Testaments
― The Testaments
“Giving up was the new normal, and I have to say it was catching.”
― The Testaments
― The Testaments
“And how easily a hand becomes a fist.”
― The Testaments
― The Testaments
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