Nitzan

“This lady had more disclaimers than an antidepressant commercial.”
― Jeff Strand, Sick House

“I wish this story were different. I wish it were more civilized. I wish it showed me in a better light, if not happier, then at least more active, less hesitant, less distracted by trivia. I wish it had more shape. I wish it were about love, or about sudden realizations important to one's life, or even about sunsets, birds, rainstorms, or snow.
(...)
I'm sorry there is so much pain in this story. I'm sorry it's in fragments, like a body caught in crossfire or 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. Flowers, for instance, because where would we be without them?”
― Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale

“So there it was, out in the open: his wife didn't understand him.
That's what I was there for then. The same old thing. It was too banal to be true.”
― Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale

“September first will be labour day, they still have that. Though it didn't used to have anything to do with mothers.”
― Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale