Agency Quote by Siri Hustvedt

I think the most common cause of insomnia is simple; its loneliness.

— Heath Ledger

“The insomnia I am talking about results from a mild state of possession, harmless to those around you, who sometimes even fail to notice…

— Anonymous

It is a poor reverie which invites a nap. One must even wonder whether, in this "failing asleep", the subconscious itself does not undergo…

— Gaston Bachelard

Insomnia is a variant of Tourette's--the waking brain races, sampling the world after the world has turned away, touching it everywhere, refusing to settle,…

— Jonathan Lethem

Insomnia is really a symptom (not a disease). Its really something someone complains to a doctor about. And sometimes the person that complains about…

— Dr Meir Kryger

In its early stages, insomnia is almost an oasis in which those who have to think or suffer darkly take refuge.

— Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

Individuals fail to recognise how their perennial state of sleep deficiency has come to compromise their mental aptitude and physical vitality, including the slow…

— Matthew Walker

Human beings are the only species that deliberately deprive themselves of sleep for no apparent gain. Many people walk through their lives in an…

— Matthew Walker

A little insomnia is not without its value in making us appreciate sleep, in throwing a ray of light upon that darkness.

— Marcel Proust

Well, the actual function of the brain, not so sure yet. There's a lot of different theories about it, but when you talk about…

— Shelby Harris

Insomnia is an increasing problem. I've become swayed that sleep disorders are conceivably the most unnoticed, ignored, underrated reason of health as well as…

— Sean Sullivan

Insomniac is an impassioned work-an inspired amalgam of academic and first-hand research, memoir, analysis, and the kind of obsessive brooding we associate with the…

— Joyce Carol Oates