Awake Quote by Gustave Flaubert

“I think those of us who can't sleep dream better than anyone else,' Emmaline whispers with a smile. 'After all, we get to own…

— Aimee Friedman

“She slept a lot and didn't dream, and on most occasions she was sorry to wake up. Everything disappeared when she was asleep.”

— Markus Zusak

“Lying between the sheets, she felt different; her body had turned into bread dough, dough that's been kneaded and pounded till it's grey, lumpen,…

— Pat Barker

She fell asleep, and it was a sleep as thin as the night clouds, dotted with dreams that came and went like the stars.

— Lois Lowry

“I wasn’t actually sleeping, more like daydreaming with my eyes closed.”

— Abi Ketner

She felt herself needing more and more sleep. When she awoke in the morning, she thought of when she might lie down again -…

— Susan Sontag

“She slept deeply, but as usual, she did not dream. It had been months; none of them was dreaming anymore. [p. 227]”

— Anne Lamott

“In the morning, she was not sure that she had slept as much as lived a set of vivid dreams, letting them linger so…

— Colm Tóibín

“It was impossible to tell when they actually fell asleep because they started dreaming when they were still awake.”

— Chris Cole

Though her emotions had not deviated from a jittery frailty she knew that in her own room she could at least attempt sleep and…

— Anna Godbersen

“She looked like she was waking up in a strange place—only she knew she hadn’t gone to sleep yet, and that this was actually…

— David Levithan

She was on the far side, leaving two cold feet of mattress between them. He knew that she'd fall asleep like that... and then…

— Patricia Briggs