The Handmaid's Tale Quotes (Season 5)

You’re an unusual woman, and we don’t have the proper infrastructure for unusual women to live within our borders.[to Serena]

You cannot help your child if you’re not with them.[to Serena]

Turns out, after all this, I guess I’m a better Christian than you.[to Serena]

These are pious men. They need a little kink.[to Aunt Lydia, about commanders]

There’s no home. There’s just wherever you are.[to Serena]

I’m not much of a hockey fan.[Serena Joy]Oh, you’d love it. It’s elegant yet brutal.[Joseph Lawrence]

No matter how many times you’ve thought about your own death, I don’t think it happens exactly the way you expect. There’s always a curve ball. Some strategy you didn’t fully think through. An enemy you didn’t see in time. No matter what you do, the end is always a surprise.

That’s not how “cry it out” works, Serena. It requires a certain amount of mental toughness.[Alanis Wheeler]Mental toughness, huh? Right. I have overthrown a country. And I have, against all odds, given birth to a very healthy baby. And not once have I lacked for mental toughness.[Serena Joy]

Men in power can’t resist showing everyone just how much power they have.

Marrying for power doesn’t always work out well.[to Serena]

Look at him. Look at your baby. You are the only person in the whole world that he knows. You are the only familiar smell. You are the only voice he recognizes. You love him. And you wanted him so much. You’re his mother. And he belongs with you. That is God’s will.[to Serena]

I’m not an American citizen. My allegiance is to God.