By leah jones
From the dark, dystopian world of The Handmaid's Tale comes poignant, but also profound and sometimes witty lines that make memorable quotes.
The show is based on the book of the same name written by Margaret Atwood. It takes place in Gilead, a dystopian society in which the last fertile women are forced into sexual servitude and treated like property.
Fans of the book and/or show can see where the latter pulls memorable quotes from Atwood’s writing and transforms them into powerful lines delivered on screen.
Here are some of the best The Handmaid’s Tale quotes that are thought-provoking, interesting and eerily relevant in today’s culture.
"It’s their own fault. They should’ve never given us uniforms if they didn’t want us to be an army." — June (Season 1, Episode 10)
“Ignoring isn’t the same as ignorance, you have to work at it.” ― Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid's Tale
"The world can be an ugly place. But we cannot wish that ugliness away. We cannot hide from that ugliness." ― Aunt Lydia (Season 1, Episode 1)
"A perfect gift. A girl trapped in a box. She only dances when someone else opens the lid, when someone else winds her up. If this is a story I'm telling, I must be telling it to someone. There's always someone, even when there is no one. I will not be that girl in the box." ― June (Season 1, Episode 8)
“Nolite te bastardes carborundorum. Don't let the bastards grind you down.” ― Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid's Tale
"We only wanted to make the world better… Better never means better for everyone. It always means worse for some." — Commander Fred (Season 1, Episode 5)
"You really want to take all that energy and passion and give it to a man?" — Holly (Season 2, Episode 3)
"No mother is ever completely a child's idea of what a mother should be. And I suppose it works the other way around as well." — June (Season 2, Episode 3)
"It’s June. You know my f*****g name." — June (Season 2, Episode 4)