More quotes by Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid's Tale

"It's impossible to say a thing exactly the way it was, because of what you say can never be exact, you always have to leave something out, there are too many parts, sides, crosscurrents, nuances; too many gestures, which could mean this or that, too many shapes which can never be fully described, too many flavors, in the air or on the tongue, half-colors, too many."
"Ignoring isn’t the same as ignorance, you have to work at it."
"Truly amazing, what people can get used to, as long as there are a few compensations."
"We yearned for the future. How did we learn it, that talent for insatiability?"
"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."