Erin

“Wedlock: it had a dull metallic sound, like an iron door clicking shut.”
― Margaret Atwood, The Testaments

“The past gets carried with us. It's always there.”
― Ann Pearlman, The Christmas Cookie Club

“I always made dough men, I never made dough women, because after they were baked I would eat them, and that made me feel I had a secret power over men. It was becoming clear to me that, despite the urges Aunt Vidala said I aroused in them, I had no power over them otherwise.”
― Margaret Atwood, The Testaments

“There were swings in one of the parks, but because of our skirts, which might be blown up by the wind and then looked into, we were not to think of taking such a liberty as a swing. Only boys could taste that freedom; only they could swoop and soar; only they could be airborne. I have still never been on a swing. It remains one of my wishes.”
― Margaret Atwood, The Testaments