Margaret Atwood Quotes about Sleep

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I wanted to forget the past, but it refused to forget me; it waited for sleep, then cornered me.

I wanted to forget the past, but it refused to forget me; it waited for sleep, then cornered me.

Margaret Atwood

Sleep, Past, Forget

Margaret Atwood (2012). “Lady Oracle”, p.228, Simon and Schuster

When you're unhinged, things make their way out of you that should be kept inside, and other things get in that ought to be shut out. The locks lose their powers. The guards go to sleep. The passwords fail.

Margaret Atwood

Sleep, Locks, Way

How could I be sleeping with this particular man.... Surely only true love could justify my lack of taste.

Margaret Atwood

Relationship, Sleep, Men

Because you may think a bed is a peaceful thing, Sir, and to you it may mean rest and comfort and a good night's sleep. But it isn't so for everyone; and there are many dangerous things that may take place in a bed.

Margaret Atwood

Good Night, Mean, Sleep

Margaret Atwood (2011). “Alias Grace: A Novel”, p.161, Anchor

I would like to be the air that inhabits you for a moment only. I would like to be that unnoticed and that necessary.

Margaret Atwood

Love, Sleep, Air

"Variation on theWord Sleep" l. 27 (1981)

The problem with meditating is I generally go to sleep, and that's because I'm doing it wrong.

Margaret Atwood

Sleep, Problem, Going To Sleep

"Margaret Atwood On Progress, Fear And Social Media". Interview with Claire Sibonney, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 14, 2013.

You're sad because you're sad. It's psychic. It's the age. It's chemical. Go see a shrink or take a pill, or hug your sadness like an eyeless doll you need to sleep. Well, all children are sad but some get over it. Count your blessings. Better than that, buy a hat. Buy a coat or a pet. Take up dancing to forget.

Margaret Atwood

Children, Sadness, Sleep

Margaret Atwood (2015). “Morning in the Burned House”, p.15, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Margaret Atwood Quotes about Sleep

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