First time Quote by Patrick Rothfuss

“It was one of those rare nights when I was kept awake not by my nightmares and anxieties but by something exciting and exhilarating.…

— Azar Nafisi

“And yet, I was scared of falling asleep, because the moment I fell asleep my wounds would heal and right then I didn’t want…

— Matt Haig

“And yet when I went to sleep, it was like I became part of some larger human experience that was utterly heartbreaking. It was…

— Sebastian Junger

“I was sprawled out in my usual position on the couch, half asleep but entirely drunk, torturing myself by tearing memories out of my…

— Jonathan Tropper

“I fell asleep, slipping into the kind of dreams that aren’t dreams at all -- just memories with all the details you never thought…

— Paige Harbison

“He excused himself for a nap, and this day blended into his dreams like like years blended into a life, unseen but still felt,…

— Catherine Lacey

“‎All she felt was mind-numbing exhaustion, and a desperate yearning for the sweet forgetfulness of sleep.”

— William Lavender

“For a moment I had felt elation as on the instant of waking before one remembers.”

— Graham Greene

“I had an irresistible desire to make a last effort to awaken your memory.”

— Stefan Zweig

“I thought about death and was gripped by feelings which choked my chest and made my throat dry, a sudden pushing and shoving in…

— Kenzaburō Ōe

“And maybe I was coping awfully well, I don’t know. Certainly I wasn’t howling aloud or punching my fist through windows or doing any…

— Donna Tartt

“It's hard for me to describe the terror I felt upon waking because I knew only one thing and knew it instantly, that I…

— K.J. Wignall