Quotes About Exhaustion

He knew as deeply as he knew anything that sedation was the prelude to anxiety, stimulation the prelude to exhaustion and consolation the prelude to disappointment, and so he lay on the red velvet sofa and did nothing to distract himself from the news of his mother's death.

Cansada del estruendo mágico de las vocales Cansada de inquirir con los ojos elevados Cansada de la espera del yo de paso Cansada de aquel amor que no sucedió Cansada de mis pies que sólo saben caminar Cansada de la insidiosa fuga de preguntas Cansada de dormir y de no poder mirarme Cansada de abrir la boca y beber el viento Cansada de sostener las mismas vísceras Cansada del mar indiferente a mis angustias

Es el subsuelo. No veo a nadie. No puedo ver a nadie. Estoy cansada. Me termino. Me hundo. No puedo hablar. ¿Qué espero?

Estado peligroso de fatiga, insomnio y palpitaciones cardíacas. Me siento muerta, mejor dicho, un peso muerto, algo enormemente pesado, no mi cuerpo sino esto que se llama yo. Hasta cuando me llaman por mi nombre, hasta cuando dicen Alejandra, me siento caer sin fuerzas para sobrellevar mi nombre y con muchas menos fuerzas, aún, para responder a la llamada.

It must be taking enormous energy to do her Janet-did-it-again shtick every day; no wonder she was so worn out.

Movies are boring. It's like watching paint dry. I did a little role in a movie, and it was eight lines. I was there for three days. It's just horrible. Television is 15 hour days. Movies are 18 hour days. And it's 18 hours of doing not a thing.

I don't like watching television too much; it tires me out for some reason. But I saw a fair bit of 'Game of Thrones' because it was so good. I mostly watched episodes that I wasn't in.

I can stay up watching TV so late.

I had no idea there were so many ways you could burn yourself out.

I have to say that when you tour the world, obviously, the jetlags and different hours and ways of living and traveling, a lot of hours in the plane, and you wake up in the morning and you're not quite sure where you are, and it is very tiring.

In an election campaign, sleep is for the weak.

When you're hurting after a match, the last thing you want to do is get in a car or on a plane to get to the next city.

I would hate to be on a plane every day.

Let me tell you something, planes and kids... I've got a 3 and 1 year old, I don't wish that on anybody.

I'm very proud of 'Platoon,' but at the end of it I was done. I was done.

Writing is a grueling process for us, and once we finish an album, we go on tour for a couple of years. Plus, we're always very involved in our own business, so we need a break when we come back.

I'm really lucky in that I can do lots of different things. It must be really hard to just be a poet or just be a novelist - a constant cycle of effort and exhaustion and recuperation.

The idea of taking off my shoes and trying on all these clothes is so exhausting, I just leave.

I didn't expect to be so tired sometimes on stage. There are moments when you're so tired you could pretty much collapse.

Triathletes can push themselves quite hard, and I have seen people collapse on a barrier or pass out on a bike.

I think you've got to be careful with social media. You can get addicted to the buzz of people liking and commenting. It's exhausting.

Theater, because of the commitment, it has to be a great role and a great play to me. It takes a lot out of you.

I'm not particularly lucid after a concert. I'm not very lucid before, either.

I did 100 concerts in 2010 and I had a bit of a burn out at the end of the year. I was absolutely exhausted and didn't want to do it any more.