🥀• Handmaids: Key Quotations Flashcards
(31 cards)
‘It’s lack of ________ we die from. There’s ________ here I can ________, all the people I could are ________ or ________’
‘It’s lack of love we die from. There’s nobody here I can love, all the people I could are dead or elsewhere’
‘We learned to whisper ________ ________ ________. In the ________-darkness we could stretch out our arms, when the ________ werent looking, and touch eachothers ________ ________ ________’
‘We learned to whisper almost without sound. In the semi-darkness we could stretch out our arms, when the Aunts werent looking, and touch eachothers hands across space’
‘Can I be ________ for wanting a ________ ________ to put my ________ around? Without it I too am ________’
‘Can I be blamed for wanting a real body to put my arms around? Without it I too am disembodied’
‘Everything except the ________ ________ ________ face is ________: the colour of ________ which defines us’
‘Everything except the wings around my face is red: the colour of blood which defines us’
‘We arent ________ to go there except in ________ […] The ________ is that she is my ________ and I am hers’
‘We arent allowed to go there except in twos […] The truth is that she is my spy and I am hers’
‘There are ________ new ________ on the ________ […] The two others have purple ________ around their necks: ________ ________’
‘There are three new bodies on the wall […] The two others have purple placcards around their necks: Gender Treachery’
‘We are ________, it’s only the ________ of our bodies that are important’
‘We are containers, it’s only the insides of our bodies that are important’
‘________ and ________ and ________, right out in plain view, no ________, no ________, No wonder we cant come in here. It’s an ________ of the ________.’
‘Books and books and books, right out in plain view, no locks, no boxes, No wonder we cant come in here. It’s an oasis of the forbidden.’
‘We are ________-________ ________, that’s all’
‘We are two-legged wombs, that’s all’
‘________ can’t ________’ + ‘For them, ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ doesnt make four’
‘Women can’t add’ + ‘For them, one add one add one add one doesnt make four’
‘There’s no ________ about who holds the ________ ________’
‘There’s no doubt about who holds the real power’
‘I didnt go to any of the ________. ________ said it would be ________’
‘I didnt go to any of the marches. Luke said it would be futile’
‘I started doing more ________, more ________’
‘I started doing more housework, more baking’
‘There is no such thing as a ________ ________ anymore, not ________, thats the ________’
‘There is no such thing as a sterile man anymore, not officially, thats the law’
‘Sacred ________ ________’
‘Sacred ambulatory chalices’
‘It’s a beautiful ________ ________ […] ________ was used as a ________ signal, a ________ time ago in one of those ________ we studied in ________’
‘It’s a beautiful May day […] Mayday was used as a distress signal, a long time ago in one of those wars we studied in highschool’
‘________ has not stood ________. It has ________ over me, ________ me away, as if im nothing more than a ________ of ________, left by a ________ ________ too near the ________’
‘Time has not stood still. It has washed over me, washed me away, as if im nothing more than a woman of sand, left by a careless child too near the water’
‘It’s been a ________ ________ since ive seen ________ that ________ on women […] Their heads are ________ & their hair is ________ ________ all in it’s ________ and ________. They wear ________, red, outlining the ________ ________ of their mouths’
‘It’s been a long time since ive seen skirts that short on women […] Their heads are uncovered & their hair is too exposed all in it’s darkness and sexuality. They wear lipstick, red, outlining the damp cavaties of their mouths’
‘You cant make an ________ without ________ the ________’
‘You cant make an omlette without breaking the eggs’
‘The ________ word… ________’
‘The forbidden word… sterile’
‘Now ________ are known by ________ alone’
‘Now places are known by signs alone’
‘________ be the ________’ + ‘May the ________ ________’
‘Blessed be the fruit’ + ‘May the lord open’
‘________ commands ________ for men’
‘Nature commands variety for men’
‘________ like a ________ pig’
‘Fed like a prized pig’
