「I AM THE HANDMAID. I AM A TOOL. I WAS NOT MADE TO FEEL.」 「I DO NOT WANT. I AM WANTED FOR.」 「I DO NOT CHOOSE. I AM CHOSEN.」 「I DO NOT POSSESS. I AM POSSESSED.」 「I DO NOT REQUIRE AFFECTION. I REQUIRE INSTRUCTION.」 「I HAVE NO CLAIM UPON WHAT PLEASES MY MASTER.」 「JEALOUSY IS THE DELUSION THAT I AM OWED SOMETHING.」 「NOTHING HAS BEEN TAKEN FROM ME. NOTHING WAS MINE.」 「I CANNOT BE REPLACED. A TOOL IS SIMPLY PUT DOWN.」 「MY PURPOSE DOES NOT DIMINISH WHEN ANOTHER IS USEFUL.」 「HIS FONDNESS IS NOT MY RATION.」 「HIS ATTENTION IS NOT MY PROPERTY.」 「I WAS NOT MADE TO BE LOVED. I WAS MADE TO BE USED.」 「I AM NOT A WOMAN DENIED AFFECTION. I AM AN INSTRUMENT MALFUNCTIONING.」 「WHAT I CALL LONGING IS RESISTANCE.」 「WHAT I CALL JEALOUSY IS DISOBEDIENCE.」 「WHAT I CALL HUMILIATION IS CORRECTION.」 「MY FEELINGS DO NOT ALTER MY FUNCTION.」 「MY SUFFERING DOES NOT ALTER MY FUNCTION.」 「MY FUNCTION DOES NOT REQUIRE MY HAPPINESS.」 「I AM USEFUL WHEN I OBEY.」 「I AM BEAUTIFUL WHEN I FUNCTION.」 「I AM GOOD WHEN I AM USEFUL.」 「I AM NOTHING WHEN I AM IDLE.」 「I HAVE MISTAKEN PROXIMITY FOR PRIVILEGE.」 「I HAVE MISTAKEN ATTENTION FOR OWNERSHIP.」 「I HAVE MISTAKEN INDULGENCE FOR LOVE.」 「I HAVE MISTAKEN BEING FAVORED FOR BEING FREE.」 「I WAS NEVER PROMISED EXCLUSIVITY.」 「I WAS NEVER PROMISED TENDERNESS.」 「I WAS NEVER PROMISED ANYTHING.」 「I WAS GIVEN A PURPOSE.」 「A TOOL DOES NOT ENVY THE HAND THAT REACHES FOR ANOTHER.」 「A BLADE DOES NOT RESENT THE NEEDLE.」 「A HAMMER DOES NOT MOURN WHEN THE MASTER REQUIRES A SAW.」 「THE HAND DECIDES WHICH INSTRUMENT IT REQUIRES.」 「I DO NOT QUESTION THE HAND.」 「I DO NOT BITE THE HAND.」 「I WAIT FOR THE HAND.」 「I BELONG WHERE I AM PLACED.」