--- title: "1 Sitting Dark Quotes By Naomi Alderman" description: "1 Sitting Dark quotes by Naomi Alderman. Plus more from Naomi Alderman and more Sitting Dark sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/104/naomi-alderman-2604_freedom_it-s-enough-for-her-to-know-sitting-in-t_3132473.png" --- > [“It’s enough for her to know, sitting in there in the dark, that if she really wanted to she could get out. The knowledge is as good as freedom.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naomi-alderman/it-s-enough-for-her-to-know-sitting-in-there-in-the-dark-that-if-she/) [Naomi Alderman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/naomi-alderman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/104/naomi-alderman-2604_freedom_it-s-enough-for-her-to-know-sitting-in-t_3132473.png) ## More by Naomi Alderman > [“Gender is a shell game. What is a man? Whatever a woman isn't. What is a woman? Whatever a man is not. Tap on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naomi-alderman/gender-is-a-shell-game-what-is-a-man-whatever-a-woman-isn-t-what-is-a/) [Naomi Alderman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/naomi-alderman/) > [“That is how a man speaks. And that is why.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naomi-alderman/that-is-how-a-man-speaks-and-that-is-why/) [Naomi Alderman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/naomi-alderman/) > [Our culture tends to denigrate things that are associated with women. It's OK for women to wear trousers, for example, but not OK for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naomi-alderman/our-culture-tends-to-denigrate-things-that-are-associated-with-women/) [Naomi Alderman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/naomi-alderman/) > [I was there on 9/11. I watched the towers falling from my office window, at which point I decided I would give up my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naomi-alderman/i-was-there-on-9-11-i-watched-the-towers-falling-from-my-office/) [Naomi Alderman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/naomi-alderman/) > [The value of the arts cannot be measured by its ability to preserve life but rather to enhance existence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naomi-alderman/the-value-of-the-arts-cannot-be-measured-by-its-ability-to-preserve/) [Naomi Alderman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/naomi-alderman/) > [I've got the brain for systems and a head for figures.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naomi-alderman/i-ve-got-the-brain-for-systems-and-a-head-for-figures/) [Naomi Alderman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/naomi-alderman/) > [Our body is there right now. You did not have to earn a thing. It is a gift. You are a hero every time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naomi-alderman/our-body-is-there-right-now-you-did-not-have-to-earn-a-thing-it-is-a/) [Naomi Alderman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/naomi-alderman/) > [We all know that the desire for perfection can get in the way of authenticity and enjoyment; it's the same with games. There's a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naomi-alderman/we-all-know-that-the-desire-for-perfection-can-get-in-the-way-of/) [Naomi Alderman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/naomi-alderman/) > [I hated sports at school. Almost everyone did.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naomi-alderman/i-hated-sports-at-school-almost-everyone-did/) [Naomi Alderman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/naomi-alderman/) > [Games don't cause racism. But the real-time chat makes nasty comments hard to moderate and easy to spread.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naomi-alderman/games-don-t-cause-racism-but-the-real-time-chat-makes-nasty-comments/) [Naomi Alderman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/naomi-alderman/) > [“She had been here for the protests three years earlier; yes, she had held up her banner and shouted and signed her petitions. “It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naomi-alderman/she-had-been-here-for-the-protests-three-years-earlier-yes-she-had/) [Naomi Alderman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/naomi-alderman/) > [I've always had a real interest in the way that science fiction can portray a world that could be different to our world, which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naomi-alderman/i-ve-always-had-a-real-interest-in-the-way-that-science-fiction-can/) [Naomi Alderman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/naomi-alderman/) > [The species will continue, whatever apocalypse we manage to unleash. It just won't be much fun to live through.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naomi-alderman/the-species-will-continue-whatever-apocalypse-we-manage-to-unleash-it/) [Naomi Alderman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/naomi-alderman/) > [“intuition is just like that: sudden and complete, as if there were machinery working behind her eyes that even she has no access to.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naomi-alderman/intuition-is-just-like-that-sudden-and-complete-as-if-there-were/) [Naomi Alderman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/naomi-alderman/) > [Writers of feminist dystopian fiction are alert to the realities that grind down women's lives, that make the unthinkable suddenly thinkable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naomi-alderman/writers-of-feminist-dystopian-fiction-are-alert-to-the-realities-that/) [Naomi Alderman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/naomi-alderman/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sitting-dark/naomi-alderman/#itemlist", "name": "1 Sitting Dark Quotes By Naomi Alderman", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“It’s enough for her to know, sitting in there in the dark, that if she really wanted to she could get out. 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