The Testaments (The Handmaid's Tale, #2)

by Margaret Atwood

At the time I thought, Why cry, you should be happy, you got out. But after all that’s happened to me since that day, I understand why. You hold it in, whatever it is, until you can make it through the worst part. Then, once you’re safe, you can cry all the tears you couldn’t waste time crying before.

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