Dante Quote by Stephanie Garber

“He was tired, he realized, emotionally and physically. He wanted to lie down and turn off the world and sleep for a week.”

— Allan Folsom

“…then he sat on his bed and for a fraction of a second the shadows retreated and he had a fleeting glimpse of reality.…

— Roberto Bolaño

“He enjoyed the lying and the fooling of those around him. It made him feel in control, like his true self was not here,…

— Daniel Cuervonegro

“The shadows had him in their grasp. There was no escape. You don’t have to escape, the voice in his head said. This is…

— Andrew Warren

“Sleep did not honor me with it’s presence.”

— Alysha Speer

“his joints protested movement, and his muscles screamed for rest. But he couldn’t sleep yet. Not until he’d taken Ana in his arms one…

— Vivienne Savage

“There was already something dead about him. He didn’t rear back in his knees any longer. He squatted over his ankles when he walked.…

— Zora Neale Hurston

“little health left and I sat down to recover. Unfortunately, night began to fall and I had no shelter in sight.”

— Crafty Nichole

“He’d tried to sleep, too, but that was an elusive bitch who had no use for him tonight.”

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

“He looked distraught, though perhaps he always looked like that, given that he didn’t eat enough or sleep enough or witness sunlight anywhere other…

— Molly Collier

“He left then reappeared 15 seconds later, so I said, “Did you have a good nap?”

— Jarod Kintz

“He kept his back turned and his eyes closed, feeling no shame or anger but only an increasing sickness of soul.”

— Jim Thompson