Nobody knows what either sleep or waking consciousness is, even though these two have long been seen as the two sides of being: part of life's unvarying diurnal rhythm. Siri Hustvedt consciousnessdiurnallife Change image and share on social
The future is, of course, imaginary - an unreal place that I create from my expectations, which are made from my remembered experiences, especially repeated experiences. Siri Hustvedt createexpectationexperience Change image and share on social
Rage has such focus. It can't go on forever, but it's invigorating. Siri Hustvedt focusforeverinvigorate Change image and share on social
Bedtime rituals for children ease the way to the elsewhere of slumber - teeth brushing and pajamas, the voice of a parent reading, the feel and smell of the old blanket or toy, the nightlight glowing in a corner. Siri Hustvedt bedtimeblanketbrush share on social
The English expression 'to fall asleep' is apt because the transition between waking and sleeping is a gradual drop from one state of being into another: a giving up of full self-consciousness for unconsciousness or for the altered consciousness of dreams. Siri Hustvedt alteraptasleep share on social
I was 13 when I had my first bout of insomnia. My family was in Reykjavik, Iceland, for the summer, and day never really became night. Siri Hustvedt boutdayfamily Change image and share on social
The brain is an immensely complex organ, and many mysteries remain. Exactly how brain and mind or soma and psyche are related is one of them. Siri Hustvedt braincompleximmensely Change image and share on social
I have suffered from migraines since childhood and have long been curious about my own aching head, my dizziness, my divine lifting feelings, my sparklers and black holes, and my single visual hallucination of a little pink man and a pink ox on the floor of my bedroom. Siri Hustvedt achebedroomblack share on social
Far more women read fiction than men, and because of this, novels have become marginalised as serious texts. Siri Hustvedt fictionmanmarginalise Change image and share on social
Sigmund Freud was very much a creature of his time. He did not 'invent' the unconscious. Siri Hustvedt creaturefreudinvent Change image and share on social
