Schlagwort: The Handmaid’s Tale

„All we leave behind is a uniform. Wife. Handmaid. Martha. Mother. Daughter. Girlfriend. Queen. Bitch. Criminal. Sinner. Heretic. Prisoner.“

„I think, in this place, you grab love wherever you can find it.“

„I’m sorry there is so much pain in this story. I’m sorry it’s in fragments, like a body caught in crossfire, pulled apart by force, but there is nothing I can do to change it. I’ve tried to put some of the good things in as well.“

„Be courageous and do not fear, for God is with you. He will strengthen you and comfort you. He will uphold you with his righteous hand.“

„You have a simplistic impression of my country, Mr. Bankole. We all know the media doesn’t care much about the truth these days.“

„Someone once said: ‘Men are afraid that women will laugh at them. Women are afraid that men will kill them.’ We should have known better.“

„It’s about time things started getting back to normal around here, don’t you think?“

„She has a right to speak! This is America!“

„We come here, we work, we die.“

„I would like to be without shame. I would like to be shameless. I would like to be ignorant for then I would not know how ignorant I was.“