Activist Quote by Suzanne Selfors

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

— William Lavender

“Exhausted, but not tired enough to escape the torturous loop of pain that awaited her inactive brain...”

— Laurel Hightower

“Like many old people she slept lightly and had periods of wakefulness which she used for the planning of some action or actions to…

— Agatha Christie

“She lay on her back in bed for a long time thinking and when she returned to school an hour early she was beyond…

— Anonymous

“She had been in one of those sleeps so heavy they leave you feeling sad, disorientated, your stomach full of tears. A sleep so…

— Leïla Slimani

“What bothered her most was the ceaseless movement of her mind, so locked in activity that it allowed her no rest, not even in…

— Henry Emmons

“She started writing notes and keeping them under her pillow, and then she started writing them on her pillowcase, hoping they would help her…

— Emily Brontë

“wrapped up in her day, too tired to sleep, and inarticulate, struggling to find the words to put enough of the chaos behind her,…

— Sarah Hilary

“It was so unlike her not to be able to sleep. No matter what was going on, she was usually out the second her…

— Diane Chamberlain

“She was tired of the flaming thoughts of discontent that kept her awake at night.”

— Virginia Gaffney

“She could stay out all night without feeling the least bit tired, but when she first awoke she felt like a slug. And”

— Douglas E. Richards

“Awake, she struggled to fill the hours until she could sleep again. But nothing she did made her feel whole. If she ate, she…

— Billie Letts