The Handmaid's Tale Religion Quotes & Sayings

Those who lived in peaceful nations had looked the other way as members of their own species starved on their door step. — Stephenie Meyer

Evolution acts slowly. Our psychological characteristics today are those that promoted reproductive success in the ancestral environment. — Keith Henson

Most people settle in life with no satisfaction. Winners are satisfied without ever settling. — Orrin Woodward

We're never really taught that we have to think about our work before we can do it; much of our daily activity is already defined for us by the undone and unmoved things staring at us when we come to work, or by the family to be fed, the laundry to be done, or the children to be dressed at home. — David Allen

O, who can hold a fire in his hand
By thinking on the frosty Caucasus?
Or cloy the hungry edge of appetite
By bare imagination of a feast?
Or wallow naked in December snow
By thinking on fantastic summer's heat?
O, no! the apprehension of the good
Gives but the greater feeling to the worse:
Fell sorrow's tooth doth never rankle more
Than when he bites, but lanceth not the sore. — William Shakespeare

Two seconds are a thousand years. — Andre Kertesz

If a writer starts worring about what he or she has left out or forgotten, they might not be able to write even a single line. — Baby Halder

Only massage therapists seemed to be informed about trigger points and referred pain, and only exceptional individuals among them (in my own experience at least) were treating trigger points effectively. What's more, the burgeoning variety of unproven modalities offered by massage therpaists gave the profession such an aura of flakiness that the elegant science of myofascial pain got unfairly confused with treatments whose results could easily be attributed to the placebo effect. — Clair Davies

It's traumatizing for me to come to Washington during a Republican administration because I don't have any Republican clothes. — Sharon Stone

I think much of my inspiration comes from nature. I feel alive when I take a long hike with my dog or when I just spend time outdoors, appreciating the beauty of this world. I even feel alive and inspired when I walk through farmers markets appreciating and learning about local fruits and vegetables. — Amanda Schull