Erin

“There are days when I can hardly make it out of bed. I find it an effort to speak. I measure progress in steps, the next one and the next one, as far as the bathroom. These steps are major accomplishments. I focus on taking the cap off the toothpaste, getting the brush up to my mouth. I have difficulty lifting my arm to do even that. I feel I am without worth, that nothing I can do is of any value, least of all to myself.”
― Margaret Atwood, Cat's Eye

“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, Cat's Eye

“Knowing too much about other people puts you in their power, they have a claim on you, you are forced to understand their reasons for doing things and then you are weakened.”
― Margaret Atwood, Cat's Eye

“I suddenly understood that if every moment of a book should be taken seriously, then every moment of a life should be taken seriously as well.”
― Sherman Alexie, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian