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Quotes About Fatigue

Great labour, either of mind or body, continued for several days together is, in most men, naturally followed by a great desire of relaxation, which, if not restrained by force, or by some strong necessity, is almost irresistible.
~ Adam Smith
El precio real de todas las cosas, lo que cada cosa cuesta realmente a la persona que desea adquirirla, es el esfuezo y la fatiga que su adquisición supone.
~ Adam Smith
but the rest of the evening is nothing but the trembling edges of something I am so tired of feeling and I do not want to feel anymore.
~ Aimee Bender
I feel ill," [Howl] announced. "I'm going to bed, where I may die.
~ Diana Wynne Jones
exhausted I just couldn't call Marla
~ Diane Mott Davidson
I certainly didn't feel like writing anymore. I couldn't explain why, but the only emotion that I could arouse were feelings of anger and after staying mad all day and half the night, I was just plain tired. Mad at what? Just about everything, for just about everything was done wrong or it wasn't done perfectly. Since nothing but perfection was acceptable, I stayed mad.
~ Dick Winters
davvero non ci fosse nulla, soltanto un nero macigno assomigliante a una monaca, e che i suoi occhi si fossero ingannati, un po' di stanchezza, null'altro, una stupida allucinazione. Ora sentiva perfino un'ombra di opaca amarezza, come quando le gravi ore del destino ci passano vicine senza toccarci e il loro rombo si perde lontano mentre noi rimaniamo soli, fra gorghi di foglie secche, a rimpianger la terribile ma grande occasione perduta.
~ Dino Buzzati
Rest is for the weary, sleep is for the dead.
~ Doctor Who
Mateo runs up and Pablo hugs him. It's amazing, he thinks, that he never gets tired of that sensation.
~ Don Winslow
Der Fuß war beerdigt, ich war groggy und mein Kaffee war kalt.
~ Donald Antrim
Habit simplifies our movements, makes them accurate, and diminishes fatigue.
~ William James
Life is one long process of getting tired.
~ Samuel Butler
I feel like I'm eighty years old. I'm tired of life and my mind wants to die.
~ Sarah Kane
Some are cursed with the fullness of satiety; and how can they bear the ills of life when its very pleasures fatigue them?
~ Charles Caleb Colton
Ah, why should life all labor be?
~ Alfred the Great
I shut down again. I went blank. One minute I was spinning, and the next minute my mind was dragging itself around in a circle, like an old arthritic dog trying to lie down. And then I just turned off and went to sleep, but not sleep in the way you do every night. Think a long, dark sleep where you don't dream at all.
~ Jennifer Niven
Although I'm tired, and it feels like years since I had a good night's rest, I can't bring myself to fall asleep. It's like I've forgotten how.
~ Jenny Han
I think we're delirious from lack of sleep.
~ Jenny Han
There's an air of things closing down. Teachers wear shorts and T-shirts to class. They show movies while they clean out their desks. Nobody has the energy to care anymore. We're all just counting down, passing time.
~ Jenny Han
He's not doing well with this sleep deprivation. There's a reason it's used as a tool of torture. But still, everyone I know is trying to sleep less. Insomnia as a badge of honor. Proof that you are paying attention.
~ Jenny Offill
He's not doing well with this sleep deprivation. There's a reason it's used as a tool of torture. But still, everyone I know is trying to sleep less. Insomnia as a badge of honor. Proof that you are paying attention.
~ Jenny Offill
But she is tired all the time now. She can feel how slowly she is walking, as if the air itself is something to be reckoned with.
~ Jenny Offill
Then you have people who say you can tell when rain is coming because the cows are lying down. Not so. According to my new friend at the Met Office, cows lie down because they are tired.
~ Jeremy Clarkson
We tire differently if we love or love not.
~ Jesse Ball