--- title: "31 Handmaid Tale Quotes by 18 authors" description: "Browse 31 Handmaid Tale quotes by 18 authors. Discover the best Handmaid Tale sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ba/madeline-brewer-9257_away_the-handmaid-s-tale-will-blow-people-awa_2321722.jpg" --- > ['The Handmaid's Tale' will blow people away.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeline-brewer/the-handmaid-s-tale-will-blow-people-away/) [Madeline Brewer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeline-brewer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ba/madeline-brewer-9257_away_the-handmaid-s-tale-will-blow-people-awa_2321722.jpg) > ['The Handmaid's Tale' is a very special story.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/reed-morano/the-handmaid-s-tale-is-a-very-special-story/) [Reed Morano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/reed-morano/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d0/reed-morano-7427_handmaid_the-handmaid-s-tale-is-a-very-special-st_2117701.jpg) > ['The Handmaid's Tale' is a horrifying and horrifyingly possible vision of the future.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phyllida-lloyd/the-handmaid-s-tale-is-a-horrifying-and-horrifyingly-possible-vision/) [Phyllida Lloyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phyllida-lloyd/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/413/phyllida-lloyd-15047_future_the-handmaid-s-tale-is-a-horrifying-and_647623.jpg) > [Like everbody, I'm addicted to 'The Handmaid's Tale.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marti-noxon/like-everbody-i-m-addicted-to-the-handmaid-s-tale/) [Marti Noxon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marti-noxon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2bf/marti-noxon-5147_addicted_like-everbody-i-m-addicted-to-the-handma_2954200.jpg) > ['The Handmaid's Tale' is not a book or show advocating enslaving women or creating a theocracy. It's not glorifying that. It's talking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laeta-kalogridis/the-handmaid-s-tale-is-not-a-book-or-show-advocating-enslaving-women/) [Laeta Kalogridis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laeta-kalogridis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/368/laeta-kalogridis-18134_book_the-handmaid-s-tale-is-not-a-book-or-sho_360343.jpg) > ['The Handmaid's Tale' breaks my heart. It's a show based on the book written in the '80s by Margaret Atwood - who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeline-brewer/the-handmaid-s-tale-breaks-my-heart-it-s-a-show-based-on-the-book/) [Madeline Brewer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeline-brewer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/952/madeline-brewer-9257_art_the-handmaid-s-tale-breaks-my-heart-it-s_2609537.jpg) > [“A President Pence could make Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale seem like a documentary rather than a novel. As”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stan-schatt/a-president-pence-could-make-margaret-atwood-s-the-handmaid-s-tale/) [Stan Schatt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stan-schatt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e0b/stan-schatt-55964_margaret-atwood_a-president-pence-could-make-margaret-at_1514683.jpg) > [The interesting thing about 'The Handmaid's Tale' is that everything that happens in it has happened or is happening somewhere in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/reed-morano/the-interesting-thing-about-the-handmaid-s-tale-is-that-everything/) [Reed Morano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/reed-morano/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a3f/reed-morano-7427_everything_the-interesting-thing-about-the-handmaid_287211.jpg) > [There was a movie that was made about 'The Handmaid's Tale.' And I never watched it on purpose because I didn't want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/reed-morano/there-was-a-movie-that-was-made-about-the-handmaid-s-tale-and-i-never/) [Reed Morano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/reed-morano/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7bf/reed-morano-7427_about_there-was-a-movie-that-was-made-about-th_3137771.jpg) > [None of the atrocities in 'The Handmaid's Tale' are pure fiction. Everything Margaret wrote was something that has happened somewhere in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeline-brewer/none-of-the-atrocities-in-the-handmaid-s-tale-are-pure-fiction/) [Madeline Brewer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeline-brewer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/efe/madeline-brewer-9257_everything_none-of-the-atrocities-in-the-handmaid-s_900327.jpg) > ['The Handmaid's Tale' is a human story, and women's rights are human rights, and it's all about equality, but at the end…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yvonne-strahovski/the-handmaid-s-tale-is-a-human-story-and-women-s-rights-are-human/) [Yvonne Strahovski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yvonne-strahovski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/118/yvonne-strahovski-7589_day_the-handmaid-s-tale-is-a-human-story-and_145298.jpg) > [I'm trying to make people understand: yes, women are oppressed in 'The Handmaid's Tale.' But the men are also oppressed, too. It's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/reed-morano/i-m-trying-to-make-people-understand-yes-women-are-oppressed-in-the/) [Reed Morano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/reed-morano/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb1/reed-morano-7427_men_i-m-trying-to-make-people-understand-yes_881251.jpg) > [I think 'The Handmaid's Tale' always had that power since it was written over 30 years ago. This extraordinary piece of feminist…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-fiennes/i-think-the-handmaid-s-tale-always-had-that-power-since-it-was/) [Joseph Fiennes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-fiennes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/777/joseph-fiennes-10541_books_i-think-the-handmaid-s-tale-always-had-t_2015682.png) > [You could tell 'The Handmaid's Tale' from a male point of view. People have mistakenly felt that the women are oppressed, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/you-could-tell-the-handmaid-s-tale-from-a-male-point-of-view-people/) [Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/93d/margaret-atwood-40_felt_you-could-tell-the-handmaid-s-tale-from_2585319.jpg) > [“I tried to read Handmaid's tale, really I did, but every time I opened the book, I recalled the movie from 199…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margret-atwood/i-tried-to-read-handmaid-s-tale-really-i-did-but-every-time-i-opened/) [Margret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margret-atwood/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a0/margret-atwood-95406_books_i-tried-to-read-handmaid-s-tale-really-i_1295092.jpg) > ['The Handmaid's Tale' takes place in the near future, a dystopian future, and is based on the book by Margaret Atwood. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexis-bledel/the-handmaid-s-tale-takes-place-in-the-near-future-a-dystopian-future/) [Alexis Bledel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexis-bledel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ea/alexis-bledel-14203_books_the-handmaid-s-tale-takes-place-in-the-n_520867.jpg) > [When I first read the scenes I got to audition, I just could tell there was obviously something there. The writing speaks…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeline-brewer/when-i-first-read-the-scenes-i-got-to-audition-i-just-could-tell/) [Madeline Brewer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeline-brewer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e1/madeline-brewer-9257_amazing_when-i-first-read-the-scenes-i-got-to-au_1168980.jpg) > [I was not really aware of the dystopian genre before I read 'The Handmaid's Tale.' Many poets as well, like John Donne…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samantha-shannon/i-was-not-really-aware-of-the-dystopian-genre-before-i-read-the/) [Samantha Shannon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samantha-shannon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a48/samantha-shannon-10091_aware_i-was-not-really-aware-of-the-dystopian_1398497.jpg) > [When I first read Margaret Atwood's novel 'The Handmaid's Tale,' it was Saudi Arabia as I knew it that came to mind,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mona-eltahawy/when-i-first-read-margaret-atwood-s-novel-the-handmaid-s-tale-it-was/) [Mona Eltahawy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mona-eltahawy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/22b/mona-eltahawy-4721_dystopian_when-i-first-read-margaret-atwood-s-nove_2784452.jpg) > [My English teachers gave me a copy of Atwood's 'The Handmaid's Tale' when I left high school, which has always been very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samantha-shannon/my-english-teachers-gave-me-a-copy-of-atwood-s-the-handmaid-s-tale/) [Samantha Shannon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samantha-shannon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/861/samantha-shannon-10091_allan-poe_my-english-teachers-gave-me-a-copy-of-at_1930694.jpg) > [I was educated by nuns. None of them, of course, did anything resembling the actions of Lydia from The Handmaid's Tale, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-dowd/i-was-educated-by-nuns-none-of-them-of-course-did-anything-resembling/) [Ann Dowd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-dowd/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ca/ann-dowd-14124_action_i-was-educated-by-nuns-none-of-them-of-c_984083.jpg) > [When I told my mom I was auditioning for 'The Handmaid's Tale,' she lost it. She was so excited.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeline-brewer/when-i-told-my-mom-i-was-auditioning-for-the-handmaid-s-tale-she-lost/) [Madeline Brewer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeline-brewer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/20c/madeline-brewer-9257_auditioning_when-i-told-my-mom-i-was-auditioning-for_2639269.jpg) > [It's funny because I was looking back on my Instagram,, and I saw that I had a bunch of feminist posts but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/o-t-fagbenle/it-s-funny-because-i-was-looking-back-on-my-instagram-and-i-saw-that/) [O. T. Fagbenle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/o-t-fagbenle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a7/o-t-fagbenle-15646_feminist_it-s-funny-because-i-was-looking-back-on_1680765.jpg) > [I read it in college as an assignment. I didn't think about it at the time. But when I heard there was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/reed-morano/i-read-it-in-college-as-an-assignment-i-didn-t-think-about-it-at-the/) [Reed Morano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/reed-morano/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a40/reed-morano-7427_books_i-read-it-in-college-as-an-assignment-i_1950712.jpg) > [I really hope that men read 'The Power' and watch 'The Handmaid's Tale' and read 'The Handmaid's Tale.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naomi-alderman/i-really-hope-that-men-read-the-power-and-watch-the-handmaid-s-tale/) [Naomi Alderman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/naomi-alderman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a2e/naomi-alderman-2604_books_i-really-hope-that-men-read-the-power-an_2196089.png) > [The society in 'The Handmaid's Tale' is a throwback to the early Puritans whom I studied extensively at Harvard under Perry Miller,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/the-society-in-the-handmaid-s-tale-is-a-throwback-to-the-early/) [Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/67e/margaret-atwood-40_book_the-society-in-the-handmaid-s-tale-is-a_2450806.jpg) > [What makes 'The Handmaid's Tale' so terrifying is that everything that happens in it is plausible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naomi-alderman/what-makes-the-handmaid-s-tale-so-terrifying-is-that-everything-that/) [Naomi Alderman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/naomi-alderman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f43/naomi-alderman-2604_everything_what-makes-the-handmaid-s-tale-so-terrif_2763655.png) > ['Meadowland' was the reason I got 'The Handmaid's Tale,' and probably my experience in cinematography helped. Everything was like a stepping stone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/reed-morano/meadowland-was-the-reason-i-got-the-handmaid-s-tale-and-probably-my/) [Reed Morano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/reed-morano/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ef/reed-morano-7427_cinematography_meadowland-was-the-reason-i-got-the-hand_1206601.jpg) > [I'll sit down for 'Stranger Things' or 'The Handmaid's Tale' - or a really good documentary.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-howard/i-ll-sit-down-for-stranger-things-or-the-handmaid-s-tale-or-a-really/) [Russell Howard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-howard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec4/russell-howard-3626_documentary_i-ll-sit-down-for-stranger-things-or-the_1898903.png) > [I like science fiction. Arthur C. Clarke, Philip K. Dick and Vonnegut, and I really like Margaret Atwood, 'The Handmaid's Tale.' And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/conor-oberst/i-like-science-fiction-arthur-c-clarke-philip-k-dick-and-vonnegut-and/) [Conor Oberst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/conor-oberst/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d3/conor-oberst-1535_arthur_i-like-science-fiction-arthur-c-clarke-p_1482628.png) > [I'd been to an Orthodox Jewish primary school where, every morning, the boys said, 'Thank you God for not making me a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naomi-alderman/i-d-been-to-an-orthodox-jewish-primary-school-where-every-morning-the/) [Naomi Alderman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/naomi-alderman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d03/naomi-alderman-2604_every-morning_i-d-been-to-an-orthodox-jewish-primary-s_1946108.jpg) ## Top authors on Handmaid Tale - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-reed-morano-77909.jpg) Reed Morano 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/handmaid-tale/reed-morano/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-adam-baldwin-9257.jpg) Madeline Brewer 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/handmaid-tale/madeline-brewer/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/handmaid-tale/#itemlist", "name": "Handmaid Tale Quotes", "numberOfItems": 31, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "'The Handmaid's Tale' will blow people away.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Madeline Brewer" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeline-brewer/the-handmaid-s-tale-will-blow-people-away/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ba/madeline-brewer-9257_away_the-handmaid-s-tale-will-blow-people-awa_2321722.jpg", "contentUrl": 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