#insomnia

I try to distract myself from reality by wielding an active imagination. Then I have nightmares. ↗

— Donna Lynn Hope

#imagination

O sleep, O gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frightened thee, 1710. That thou no more will weigh my eyelids down, And steep my senses in forgetfulness? ↗

— William Shakespeare

#insomniac #nature

It's a rare book that wins the battle against drooping eyelids. ↗

— Tracy Chevalier

#drowsiness #insomnia #reading #sleepy #winning

sleep is such a luxury, which i cant afford. ↗

— Robin Sikarwar

#night #sleep #sleeplessness #stress #work-load

Insomnia is a gross feeder. It will nourish itself on any kind of thinking, including thinking about not thinking. ↗

— Clifton Fadiman

#any #gross #including #insomnia #itself

In its early stages, insomnia is almost an oasis in which those who have to think or suffer darkly take refuge. ↗

— Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

#early #early stages #insomnia #oasis #refuge