The Handmaid's Tale

by Margaret Atwood

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

But remember that forgiveness too is a power. To beg for it is a power, and to withhold or bestow it is a power, perhaps the greatest.

How easy it is to invent a humanity, for anyone at all. What an available temptation.

people will do anything rather than admit that their lives have no meaning. No use, that is. No plot.