Fatigue is here, in my body, in my legs and eyes. That is wh... - Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid's Tale

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

"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."

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

"Knowing was a temptation. What you don't know won't tempt you."

"Neither of us says the word love, not once. It would be tempting fate; it would be romance, bad luck."