Awake Quotes
1093 Awake quotes by 737 unique authors
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Emma was no asleep, she was pretending to be asleep; and, while he was dozing off at her side, she lay awake, dreaming other dreams.
— Gustave Flaubert
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When I opened my eyes I saw nothing but the pool of nocturnal sky, for I was lying on my back with out-stretched arms, face…
— Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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I have stood aside to see the phantoms of those days go by me. They are gone, and I resume the journey of my story.’…
— John Irving
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I've always loved the night and I'll like lying awake and thinking over everything in life, past, present and to come. Especially to come.
— Lucy Maud Montgomery
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you can live a whole life time never being awake.
— Dan Millman
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I was driven to Whipsnade one sunny morning. When we set out I did not believe that Jesus Christ is the son of God, and…
— C.S. Lewis
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When we awake it is the animal, the plant, that thinks in us. Primitive thought without the least disguise. We see a terrible universe, because…
— Jean Cocteau
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A short story I have written long ago would barge into my house in the middle of the night, shake me awake and shout, 'Hey,this…
— Haruki Murakami
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Sometimes I lie awake at night and think about that little red-haired girl... I don't ever want to forget her face, but if I don't…
— Charles M. Schulz
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The dull pain of truth weights my soul, pulling it under. I am left hopelessly awake.
— Libba Bray
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Fear doesn't shut you down; it wakes you up. I've seen it. It's fascinating." He releases me but doesn't pull away, his hand grazing my…
— Veronica Roth
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prayer, and only prayer, restores my vision to one that more resembles God's. i awake from blindness to see that wealth lurks as a terrible…
— Philip Yancey
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And then, just at that moment, when I'm no longer sure if I'm dreaming or awake or walking some valley in between where everything you…
— Lauren Oliver
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How can you see something that isn't there?" yawned the Humbug, who wasn't fully awake yet. "Sometimes, it's much simpler than seeing things that are,"he…
— Norton Juster
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The millions are awake enough for physical labor; but only one in a million is awake enough for effective intellectual exertion, only one in a…
— Henry David Thoreau
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Or maybe...just maybe this whole process is our training wheels towards something bigger. If we can reflect and know our lives, we might stay awake…
— Chuck Palahniuk
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Always eyes watching you and the voice enveloping you. Asleep or awake, indoors or out of doors, in the bath or bed- no escape. Nothing…
— George Orwell
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When you are old you can look back and see yourself when you are young. It is almost like looking down from heaven. And you…
— Wendell Berry
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My heart beats so hard it hurts, and I can't scream and I can't breathe, but I also feel everything, every vein and every fiber,…
— Veronica Roth
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When the rose is gone and the garden faded you will no longer hear the nightingale's song. The Beloved is all; the lover just a…
— Unknown Author
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You're afraid of imagination and even more afraid of dreams. Afraid of the resposibility that begins in dreams. But you have to sleep and dreams…
— Haruki Murakami
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Had records so stellar, they had to lock their resumes in a drawer at night, so the golden light streaming from the pages wouldn't keep…
— Ilona Andrews
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She came awake, stomach rumbling, and opened her eyes to see a plate being held right under her nose. When she reached for it, Shane…
— Rachel Caine
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Awake, dear heart, awake. Thou hast slept well. Awake.
— William Shakespeare
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He’s dozed off again, but I kiss him awake, which seems to startle him. Then he smiles as if he’d be happy to lie there…
— Suzanne Collins
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