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title: "5 Shut Thoughts Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [What, all so soon asleep! I wish mine eyes Would, with themselves, shut up my thoughts...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/what-all-so-soon-asleep-i-wish-mine-eyes-would-with-themselves-shut/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

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> [“I tried to turn my mind off. Shut down the thoughts that were with me every second. Everything in me ached to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-skinner/i-tried-to-turn-my-mind-off-shut-down-the-thoughts-that-were-with-me/)

[Dan Skinner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-skinner/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/770/dan-skinner-15939_every-second_i-tried-to-turn-my-mind-off-shut-down-th_1413941.jpg)

> [Alonzo. What, all so soon asleep! I wish mine eyes Would, with themselves, shut up my thoughts. I find They are inclined…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/alonzo-what-all-so-soon-asleep-i-wish-mine-eyes-would-with-themselves/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

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> [Red and raw like my brain, unable to shut down, thoughts crashing like electrons orbiting a nucleus of deuling emotions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-hopkins/red-and-raw-like-my-brain-unable-to-shut-down-thoughts-crashing-like/)

[Ellen Hopkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-hopkins/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29e/ellen-hopkins-475_brain_red-and-raw-like-my-brain-unable-to-shut_2900952.png)

> [I press my eyes shut and will the thoughts away. But they refuse to comply, and instead, they lodge themselves in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allison-winn-scotch/i-press-my-eyes-shut-and-will-the-thoughts-away-but-they-refuse-to/)

[Allison Winn Scotch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allison-winn-scotch/)

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