Sleep Donation Quotes

Karen Russell
This Study Guide consists of approximately 36 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Sleep Donation.

Sleep Donation Quotes

Karen Russell
This Study Guide consists of approximately 36 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Sleep Donation.
This section contains 1,269 words
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I feel proud again, which has got to be the wrong response to a set of involuntary tremors.
-- Narrator (The Sleep Van)

Importance: When Felix Harkonnen threatens to stop donating Baby A's sleep to the Corps, Rudy and Jim insist that Trish convince him of the importance of their contributions. Just hearing their encouragement, makes Trish's hands shake. The response is entangled with her recruitment pitch, a pitch defined by the story of Dori's death. This moment illustrates how ever-present Trish's grief is, even years after her sister's passing. The line also reveals the depth to which Trish's private emotional experiences are entangled with her work. This entanglement impedes Trish's ability to perceive herself outside the context of the Corps, and to evaluate the true contours of her heart and mind.

Dori is back in the world.
-- Narrator (The Sleep Van)

Importance: In this moment, Trish confesses that on her most restless nights, she will abandon her reliance on facts...

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