Quotes About Insomnia

There are worse things than having behaved foolishly in public. There are worse things than these miniature betrayals, committed or endured or suspected; there are worse things than not being able to sleep for thinking about them. It is 5 a.m. All the worse things come stalking in and stand icily about the bed looking worse and worse and worse.

It is 5 a.m. All the worse things come stalking in and stand icily about the bed looking worse and worse and worse. -From the poem Fear

I'm a light sleeper. I've never been one of those people who can put their head down and suddenly everything disappears. Nighttime is the time I get most scared, anxious or worried. In those darker moments before waking or sleeping is when I feel most, I don't know, I can turn on myself, and my imagination can take me dark places.

Life is something that happens when you can't get to sleep.

Life is something to do when you can't get to sleep.

Even when she slept, her anxieties did not.

Insomnia, from the Greek word meaning "I can't fucking sleep!

Ceea ce citesc nu e nici pentru distracÅ£ie,nici pentru ca timpul s? treac? mai repede ÅŸi nici,în cele din urm?,pentru a adormi mai curând.Eu beau pentru ca,citind s? nu pot adormi niciodat?,s? m? cutremur.

sometimes i'd wake up at two or three in the morning and not be able to fall asleep again. i'd get out of bed, go to the kitchen, and pour myself a whiskey. glass in hand, i'd look down at the darkened cemetary across teh way and the headlights of the cars on the road. the moments of time linking night and dawn were long and dark. if i could cry, it might make things easier. but what would i cry over? i was too self centered to cry for other people, too old to cry for myself.

You know what it's like when you're trying to fall asleep and it only makes you more wide awake?

Certain kinds of knowledge rob people of their sleep.

The worst thoughts usually strike in the dead of the night.

To tell you the truth, sleepless nights are as unusual for me as sumo wrestlers who look good in berets.

Wakeful nights often give people useless thoughts.

I don't dream. Come to think of it, i haven't had any dreams in a long time.

Denk ich an Deutschland in der Nacht, Dann bin ich um den Schlaf gebracht, Ich kann nicht mehr die Augen schließen, Und meine heißen Tränen fließen.

I put a piece of paper under my pillow, and when I could not sleep I wrote in the dark.

I have several close friends who are insomniacs. Over the years, I've heard their stories about being up in the middle of the night, completely awake. I see them yawn at 11 A.M. and know that, regardless of what they are doing, they'd probably rather be in bed sleeping. I've always had sympathy for them, but I've never really understood it.

If there's a trait for not sleeping, I probably have it.

Damn, is this bitch a crackhead vampire? She stays up all night. In the morning you're looking at her like, did you ever go to sleep?

go. If you can't sleep at night, perhaps your body can't get your attention during the day.

A loose tile; Poirot could not sleep in a room with such a thing.

The puzzle of why most people, even intelligent people, were so illogical and pig-headed was one to which Poirot had devoted quite enough consideration while lying awake the previous night...

His low voice breaks the stillness. "You didn't say what you were doing out this late." "I couldn't sleep either," I reply. Not a lie. His mouth curves. "So we're perfect for each other. A pair of insomniacs." Perfect for each other. I grin a mad, stupid smile.