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Quotes About Fatigue

Strictly by accident, Scott stumbled upon the most advanced weapon in the ultrarunner's arsenal: instead of cringing from fatigue, you embrace it. You refuse to let it go. You get to know it so well, you're not afraid of it anymore.
~ Christopher McDougall
extreme of fatigue and distress, we may find amounts of ease and power we never dreamed ourselves to own; sources of strength never taxed at all because we never push through the obstruction.
~ Christopher McDougall
Scott Jurek resumió el credo no oficial de los Jóvenes Pistoleros con una cita de William James que usaba para cerrar todos los emails que enviaba: «Más allá de lo extremo de la fatiga y el sufrimiento, encontramos cantidades de alivio y poder que nunca habíamos soñado con poseer; fuentes de fortaleza nunca antes puestas a prueba porque nunca habíamos empujado la puerta de oclusión». Conforme
~ Christopher McDougall
Ultra god Scott Jurek summed up the Young Guns' unofficial creed with a quote from William James he stuck on the end of every e-mail he sent: "Beyond the very extreme of fatigue and distress, we may find amounts of ease and power we never dreamed ourselves to own; sources of strength never taxed at all because we never push through the obstruction." As
~ Christopher McDougall
Beyond the very extreme of fatigue and distress, we may find amounts of ease and power we never dreamed ourselves to own; sources of strength never taxed at all because we never push through the obstruction.
~ Christopher McDougall
Life, as parents know, can be supported on very little sleep.
~ Christopher Morley
Just as a muscle grows tired from exertion, the capacity for self-regulation becomes depleted after it is used. Also like a muscle, the capacity for self-regulation appears to grow stronger through regular exercise (after it recovers from the initial fatigue).
~ Christopher Peterson
El nuevo amanecer encontró a la princesa heredera; al despertar, estaba agotada, y completamente vacía de sueños.
~ Cinda Williams Chima
Maar wij ongelovigen, wij sterven met onze decors, te vermoeid om onszelf in de luren te leggen door de pracht en praal die beloofd is aan ons kadaver...
~ Cioran
Alle standpunten toelaten, de meest verschillende overtuigingen, de meest tegenstrijdige meningen, veronderstelt een algemene toestand van vermoeidheid en onvruchtbaarheid. Daardoor komt dit wonder tot stand: de tegenstanders leven samen - maar juist omdat zij geen tegenstanders meer kunnen zijn; [...] Een religie dooft uit wanneer zij waarheden tolereert die haar uitsluiten; en de god in wiens naam men niet meer moord is beslist dood.
~ Cioran
What was it all for? Furlong wondered. The work and the constant worry. Getting up in the dark and going to the yard, making the deliveries, one after another, the whole day long, then coming home in the dark and trying to wash the black off himself and sitting into a dinner at the table and falling asleep before waking in the dark to meet a version of the same thing, yet again. Might things never change or develop into something else, or new?
~ Unknown
What was it all for? Furlong wondered. The work and the constant worry. Getting up in the dark and going to the yard, making deliveries, one after another, the whole day long, then coming home in the dark and trying to wash the black off himself and sitting into a dinner at the table and falling asleep before waking in the dark to meet a version of the same thing, yet again. Might things never change or develop into something else, or new?
~ Unknown
What was it all for? Furlong wondered. The work and the constant worry. Getting up in the dark and going to the yard, making the deliveries, one after another, the whole day long, then coming home in the dark and trying to wash the black off himself and sitting into a dinner at the table and falling asleep before waking in the dark to meet a version of the same thing, yet again.
~ Unknown
Living is like being tired and not being able to sleep.
~ Clarice Lispector
I shall do everything possible to see that she doesn't die. But I feel such an urge to put her to sleep then go off to sleep myself.
~ Clarice Lispector
La cama blanquecina nadando en la oscuridad. El cansancio arrastrándose por su cuerpo
~ Clarice Lispector
Voltando ao meu cansaço, estou cansada de tanta gente me achar simpática. Quero os que me acham antipática porque com esses eu tenho afinidade: tenho profunda antipatia por mim.
~ Clarice Lispector
Too many milieux injure an adaptable sensibility. There was once a chameleon whose owner, to keep it warm, put it on a gaudy Scottish plaid. The chameleon died of fatigue. —JEAN COCTEAU, LE POTOMAK
~ Clive James
I'm tired of Love: I'm still more tired of Rhyme.But Money gives me pleasure all the time.
~ Hilaire Belloc
He is tired out from the effort of deciphering the world. Tired from the effort of smiling at the foe.
~ Hilary Mantel
You look terrible,' said Saffy sternly. 'I always look terrible at two o'clock in the morning,' Mummy replied, splashing cold tap water on her face.
~ Hilary McKay
The man continued looking at me, refusing to comment. Uncle Mahmoud tried to speak for him: "Who can blame him? He's tired of people.
~ Hisham Matar
Ah." He sat down on the couch, looking stunned with lack of sleep. "And so you came here in the middle of the night?
~ Holly Black
I'm so tired. So tired. Of being powerless.
~ Holly Black