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Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid's Tale Quotes: We yearned for the future. How did we learn it, that talent for insatiability?
         

We yearned for the future. How did we learn it, that talent for insatiability?


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But who can remember pain, once it’s over? All that remains of it is a shadow, not in the mind even, in the flesh. Pain marks you, but too deep to see. Out of sight, out of mind.



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Ignoring isn’t the same as ignorance, you have to work at it.



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You can think clearly only with your clothes on.



Fatigue is here, in my body, in my legs and eyes. That is what gets you in the end. Faith is only a word, embroidered.

Fatigue is here, in my body, in my legs and eyes. That is what gets you in the end. Faith is only a word, embroidered.



Truly amazing, what people can get used to, as long as there are a few compensations.

Truly amazing, what people can get used to, as long as there are a few compensations.



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By telling you anything at all I'm at least believing in you, I believe you're there, I believe you into being.



How furious she must be, now that she's been taken at her word.

How furious she must be, now that she's been taken at her word.



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