handmaid's tale

5. "It isn't running away they're afraid of. We wouldn't get far. It's those other escapes, the ones you can open in yourself, given a cutting edge." (Atwood 8)
6. “Things continued in that state of suspended animation for weeks, although some things did happen. Newspapers were censored and some were closed down, for security reasons they said.” (Atwood 174)
7. "There are other women with baskets, some in red, some in the dull green of the Marthas, some in the striped dresses... These women are not divided into functions. They have to do everything; if they can." (Atwood 24)

1. "We learned to lip-read, our heads flat on the beds, turned sideways, watching each other's mouths. In this way we exchanged names from bed to bed: 'Alma. Janine. Dolores. Moira. June.'"
2. "No mother is ever, completely, a child's idea of what a mother should be, and I suppose it works the other way around as well. But despite everything, we didn't do badly by one another, we did as well as most. I wish she were here, so I could tell her I finally know this." (Atwood 181)
3. “The problem wasn't only with women, [...] [t]he main problem was with the men. There was nothing for them to do anymore.” (Atwood 210)
4. "Better never means better for everyone... It always means worse, for some." (Atwood 211)