Margaret Atwood Quote

There is something powerful in the whispering of obscenities, about those in power. There's something delightful about it, something naughty, secretive, forbidden, thrilling. It's like a spell, of sorts. It deflates them, reduces them to the common denominator where they can be dealt.


The Handmaid's Tale (ed. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1986) - ISBN: 9780547345666


There is something powerful in the whispering of obscenities, about those in power. There's something delightful about it, something naughty,...

There is something powerful in the whispering of obscenities, about those in power. There's something delightful about it, something naughty,...

There is something powerful in the whispering of obscenities, about those in power. There's something delightful about it, something naughty,...

There is something powerful in the whispering of obscenities, about those in power. There's something delightful about it, something naughty,...