The mere idea that someone had the courage to write this gives them hope, whatever the meaning of the sentence. She prays these words in church. This sentence and a pillow with “faith” written on it are the only things she is able to read. Hope also comes in the form of Moira, who escaped the center without fear and, to Offred's knowledge, might still be fighting for her freedom. Offred escapes her reality by losing herself in stories from her past, some jovial, some tragic, and some mundane. Soon, she actually escapes and frees herself from the Commander. The audience is left wondering, ultimately, whether Offred is truly free. In order to tell her own story, without censorship, Offred must be free, because that is not something women are allowed to do in Gilead. And, in the very act of telling her story, she frees herself from the horrible past to which she was linked.