There was a time when women were able to choose. We were a society dying, Aunt Lydia would say, with too much choice. We know the sacrifices you are expected to make, she'd say. It is hard when men revile you.

June

June: We have five new Marthas for the resistance; an engineer, an IT tech, a journalist, a lawyer, and a thief.
Beth: How do you know?
June: Because I chose them.

And here's what we do. We watch them, the men. We study them. We feed them. We please them. We can make them feel strong or weak. We know them that well. We know their worst nightmares, and with a bit of practice, that's what we'll become. Nightmares. One day, when we're ready, we're coming for you. Just wait.

June

The Handmaid's Tale Season 3 Episode 3 Quotes

He's testing us. We're all disposable.

Beth

To be a man watched by women must be entirely strange. To have them watching him all the time. To have them flinch when he moves. To have them wondering, what is he going to do next? Does he like me? Will he keep me? Am I safe here? Cora wasn't.

June