Waking Quotes

747 quotes by 594 authors

By the truth we are undone. Life is a dream. 'Tis the waking that kills us. He who robs us of our dreams robs us… — Virginia Woolf
Waking up was a daily cruelty, an affront, and she avoided it by not sleeping. — Gregory Maguire
I feel as if I'm always on the verge of waking up. — Fernando Pessoa
I live in New York City. I could never live anywhere else. The events of September 11 forced me to confront the fact that no… — Nora Ephron
One morning, as Gregor Samsa was waking up from anxious dreams, he discovered that in his bed he had been changed into a monstrous bugâ€¦ — Franz Kafka
Those heart-hammering nightmares that start to lose coherence even as you're waking up from them, but that still manage to leave their moldering fingerprints all… — Mike Carey
In every way that counted, I was dead. Inside somewhere maybe I was screaming and weeping and howling like an animal, but that was another… — Neil Gaiman
Waking up from a dream of violence is much the same as waking up from a dream of love. You must go on living your… — Wendell Berry
At Blackwater Pond the tossed waters have settled after a night of rain. I dip my cupped hands. I drink a long time. It tastes… — Mary Oliver
Sometimes, waking early before the others, wandering the rooms wrapped in a blanket or drinking my tea in the empty kitchen, I had that most… — Nicole Krauss
You liked me." I smiled. "You were smitten with me. You were speechless to behold my beauty. You had never met anyone so fascinating. You… — Jerry Spinelli
Wake me up Wake me up, you said But I was sleeping, too I was dreaming But now I"m waking up Still waking up I… — Maggie Stiefvater
WAKING AT NIGHT The blue river is grey at morning and evening. There is twilight at dawn and dusk. I lie in the dark wondering… — Jack Gilbert
Happiness is waking up, looking at the clock and finding that you still have two hours left to sleep. — Charles M. Schulz
The more Lord Maccon considered it, the more he grew to like the idea. Certainly his imagination was full of pictures of what he and… — Gail Carriger
Imagine a world that seemed so much bigger than you. Imagine waking up one morning and finding a piece of yourself you didn't even know… — Jodi Picoult
Love Is a curious thing. Sometimes it barrels into you, leaves you breathless. Other times, it comes in- to your life, a tentative beam of… — Ellen Hopkins
She asked me what was wrong, and I told her I had to end it. She was surprised, and asked my why I thought so.… — David Levithan
There is no sunrise so beautiful that it is worth waking me up to see it. — Mindy Kaling
I heard how people sounded when their dreams were shattered, when their lives were turned into a waking nightmare. — Elizabeth Scott

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