J L’s Reviews > The Testaments > Status Update

// If you've never had a faith, you will not understand what that means. You feel as if your best friend is dying; that everything that defined you is being burned away; that you'll be left all alone. You feel exiled, as if you are lost in a dark wood. It was like the feeling I'd had when Tabitha died: the world was emptying itself of meaning.
Everything was hollow. Everything was withering. //

// Being able to read and write did not provide the answers to all questions. It led to other questions, and then to others. //

// Divide and conquer would be my motto.
Keep steady, I told myself. Don't share too much about yourself, it will be used against you. Listen carefully. Save all clues. Don't show fear. //

// Had I everbeen in love? I didn't think so. My experience with the men in my family had not encouraged trust.
But the body has its twitches, which it can be humiliating as well as rewarding to obey. No lasting harm was done to me, some pleasure was both given and received, and none of these individuals took their swift dismissal from my life as a personal affront. Why expect more? //

//All that was necessary was a law degree and a uterus: a lethal combination.//