Quotes about Awareness
Not real can tell us about real.
— Margaret Atwood
Is anything wrong, dear? the old joke went. No, why? You moved. Just don't move.
— Margaret Atwood
You don't believe the sky is falling until a chunk of it falls on you.
— Margaret Atwood
She talks with wolves, without knowing what sort of beasts they are: Where have you been all my life? they ask. Where have I been all my life? she replies.
— Margaret Atwood
Things written down can cause a great deal of harm. All too often, people don't consider that.
— Margaret Atwood
Last night I felt the approach of nothing. Not too close but on its way, like a wingbeat, like the cooling of the wind, the slight initial tug of an undertow.
— Margaret Atwood
I would like to be found. I would like to see. Or to be seen. I wonder if, in the eye of God, it amounts to the same thing.
— Margaret Atwood
But some people can't tell where it hurts. They can't calm down. They can't ever stop howling.
— Margaret Atwood
We lived, as usual, by ignoring. Ignoring isn't the same as ignorance, you have to work at it.
— Margaret Atwood
What could be done? We thought we had such problems. How were we to know we were happy?
— Margaret Atwood
The threat to the planet is us. It's actually not a threat to the planet - it's a threat to us.
— Margaret Atwood
What you don't know won't hurt you.
— Margaret Atwood