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title: "2 Insomniac State Quotes by 2 authors"
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> [Insomniac is an impassioned work-an inspired amalgam of academic and first-hand research, memoir, analysis, and the kind of obsessive brooding we associate with the insomniac state. Much here is fascinating, and much is upsetting; here is a cri de coeur…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joyce-carol-oates/insomniac-is-an-impassioned-work-an-inspired-amalgam-of-academic-and/)

[Joyce Carol Oates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joyce-carol-oates/)

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> [My work has to do with a defense against fervor. People are always in a rush. To do what? To do nothing! There is a kind of fervor that is completely meaningless. This drawing is a call for meditation… I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-bourgeois/my-work-has-to-do-with-a-defense-against-fervor-people-are-always-in/)

[Louise Bourgeois](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-bourgeois/)

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