“With insomnia, you're never really awake; but you're never really asleep.”

“I had never feared insomnia before--like prison, wouldn't it just give you more time to read?”

Lorrie Moore (1957) American writer

“Things happen or they don't happen, that's all. Nothing is accomplished by sweat and struggle. Nearly everything which we call life is just insomnia, an agony because we've lost the habit of falling asleep.”

Henry Miller (1891–1980) American novelist

“Insomnia is my greatest inspiration.”

Jon Stewart (1962) American political satirist, writer, television host, actor, media critic and stand-up comedian

“Insomnia"


perhaps she's a daytime sleeper.”

Elizabeth Bishop (1911–1979) American poet

“This is how it is with insomnia. Everything is so far away, a copy of a copy of a copy. The insomnia distance of everything, you can't touch anything and nothing can touch you”

Chuck Palahniuk Fight Club

“The best cure for insomnia is to get a lot of sleep.”

W.C. Fields (1880–1946) actor

“Am I sleeping? Have I slept at all? This is insomnia.”

Chuck Palahniuk Fight Club

“Loneliness, insomnia, and change: the fear of these is even worse than the reality.”

Mignon McLaughlin (1913–1983) American journalist

“Insomnia is an all-night travel agency with posters advertising faraway places.”

Charles Simic (1938) American poet