Blindness Quote by Margaret Atwood
“When you are in the middle of a story it isn't a story at all, but only a confusion; a dark roaring, a blindness, a wreckage of shattered glass and splintered wood; like a house in a whirlwind, or else a boat crushed by the icebergs or swept over the rapids, and all aboard powerless to stop it. It's only afterwards that it becomes anything like a story at all. When you are telling it, to yourself or to someone else.”
About This Quote
Source Novel: The Blind Assassin, 2000
During a story’s climax, confusion overwhelms; only later does narrative emerge.
In simple terms: Climax feels chaotic, later clarified.
Key Takeaway
Embrace uncertainty before clarity.
Themes
narrative
confusion
clarity
Mood
reflective
poetic
Type
literary
philosophical
When to use this quote
- creative writing
- film editing
- personal crisis
Key Concepts
literary theory
psychology of storytelling
Questions to Reflect On
- How do you find meaning in confusion?
- What transforms chaos into story?
A Different Perspective
Clarity may never fully resolve chaos.
