Margaret Atwood Quotes About Sleep
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I would like to be the air that inhabits you for a moment only. I would like to be that unnoticed and that necessary.
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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.
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The problem with meditating is I generally go to sleep, and that's because I'm doing it wrong.
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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.
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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.
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How could I be sleeping with this particular man.... Surely only true love could justify my lack of taste.
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I wanted to forget the past, but it refused to forget me; it waited for sleep, then cornered me.
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