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The Handmaid's Tale Quotes

Tell, rather than write, because I have nothing to write with and writing is in any case forbidden. But if it’s a story, even in my head, I must be telling it to someone. You don’t tell a story only to yourself. There’s always someone else.
Even when there is no one.

Source:III Night, Chapter 7
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  • Book: The Handmaid's Tale
  • Writer: Margaret Atwood
  • Genre: Fiction, Science Fiction, Fantasy
  • Published: 1985
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