Anita is one of Lydia’s former colleagues from the days before Gilead was established, when they were both judges. When the Sons of Jacob overthrow the United States Congress, Lydia and Anita are taken together to the stadium. While Lydia decides to cooperate with the Sons of Jacob, Anita holds to her principles and is executed by firing squad.
Anita Quotes in The Testaments
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Chapter 29
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What good is it to throw yourself in front of a steamroller out of moral principles and then be crushed flat like a sock emptied of its foot? Better to fade into the crowd, the piously-praising, unctuous, hate-mongering crowd. Better to hurl rocks than have them hurled at you. Or better for your chances of staying alive.
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Anita Quotes in The Testaments
The The Testaments quotes below are all either spoken by Anita or refer to Anita. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 29
Quotes
What good is it to throw yourself in front of a steamroller out of moral principles and then be crushed flat like a sock emptied of its foot? Better to fade into the crowd, the piously-praising, unctuous, hate-mongering crowd. Better to hurl rocks than have them hurled at you. Or better for your chances of staying alive.
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