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O Krishna, the mind is restless By Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Krishna Restless Mind

If only I had met Molly sooner, when it was still possible to choose one road rather than another! Before that bitch Musyne and that little turd Lola crimped my enthusiasm! But it was too late to start being young again. I didn't believe in it any more! We grow old so quickly and, what's more, irremediably. You can tell by the way you start loving your misery in spite of yourself. Nature is stronger than we are, no two ways about it. She tries us in one particular mould, and we're never able to throw it off. I had started out as the restless type. Little by little, without realizing it, you begin to take your role and fate seriously, and, before you know it, it's too late to change. You're a hundred per cent restless, and it's set that way for good. By Louis-Ferdinand Celine Molly Sooner Met Choose Road

The mind is found most acute and most uneasy in the morning. Uneasiness is, indeed, a species of sagacity - a passive sagacity. Fools are never uneasy. By Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Morning Sagacity Mind Found Acute

What movement! What restlessness! Even the mountains can't stand still. By Marty Rubin Movement Restlessness Mountains Stand

My nights are flatulent and unquiet. By Samuel Johnson Unquiet Nights Flatulent

It is your restlessness that causes chaos. By Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Chaos Restlessness

Asleep to rummage in their minds By J.m. Barrie Asleep Minds Rummage

Man is a restless creature, nomadic at heart. By Tash Aw Man Creature Nomadic Heart Restless

I'm not very happy idle. By Harlan Coben Idle Happy

I was always restless, always a roving spirit. When I was a little child I was always running away. I never got very far, but they were always having to come and fetch me. Once when I was about six, my father came to get me somewhere I'd gone, and he told me later he'd asked me, "Why are you so restless? Why can't you stay here with us?" and I said to him, "I want to go and see the world. I want to know the world like the palm of my hand. By Katherine Anne Porter Spirit Restless Roving World Child

Restless people often pretend to be calm. By Seneca. Restless Calm People Pretend

Sleep, elusive as a ghost, plaintive as a widow, and as easy to hold as the wind. By Jeff Salyards Sleep Elusive Ghost Plaintive Widow

There is a restlessness within us that cannot be satisfied until we rest fully in God. By Aiden Wilson Tozer God Restlessness Satisfied Rest Fully

The kind of tired that sleep doesn't fix. Just tired of ... being. By Cora Carmack Fix Tired Kind Sleep

I used to be free spirited, now I'm just free of sleep. I got a burning passion in my throat. I got a burning passion inside me. By Tegan Quin Free Spirited Sleep Burning Passion

I am free. I am haunted. But if nothing else, I am wide awake. By Anna Sheehan Free Haunted Awake Wide

I feel like my heart is wild and reckless, unpredictable and restless. By Katie Kiesler Reckless Unpredictable Restless Feel Heart

One slumber finds another. By George Herbert Slumber Finds

sleep comes to the perplexed - if the perplexed are only weary enough. But By George Eliot Perplexed Sleep Weary

Awake, dear heart, awake. Thou hast slept well. Awake. By William Shakespeare Awake Dear Heart Thou Hast

Have you ever met a successful person who wasn't restless- who was satisfied with where he or she was in life? They want new challenges. They want to get up and go ... and that's one of the reasons they're successful. By Alex Trebek Restless Life Met Person Satisfied

I'm tired. Like I-want-to-sleep-forever tired. By Heather Demetrios Tired

There are some nights when sleep plays coy, aloof and disdainful. And all the wiles that I employ to win its service to my side are useless as wounded pride, and much more painful. By Maya Angelou Coy Aloof Disdainful Nights Sleep

I cannot sleep - great joy is as restless as great sorrow. By Fanny Burney Sleep Sorrow Great Joy Restless

I get really restless when I haven't worked for a day and a half. I have a recurring dream that people are lined up next to my bed, waiting for autographs and taking pictures of me! By Taylor Swift Half Restless Worked Day Bed

An unrested mind is prone to wander into unfruitful avenues; it is nothing that a good night's sleep cannot cure. By Diane Setterfield Avenues Cure Unrested Mind Prone

Sleep is out ... tired is the new black. By Amy Poehler Sleep Tired Black

the sleeper must awaken By Frank Herbert Awaken Sleeper

and the night moved restlessly about the house By John Steinbeck House Night Moved Restlessly

His dreams have taken hold of his research. His dreams have worn him out, exhausted him so that he sometimes cannot tell whether he is awake or asleep. By Alan Lightman Dreams Research Hold Exhausted Asleep

A fickle lover, sleep takes us as it will, when it wants, and how. Sensing her desperate need, however, it draws Corrie deeply into its embrace, somewhere between her tears and terror. By Kimberly Morgan Lover Sleep Fickle Corrie Sensing

Revery, which is thought in its nebulous state, borders closely upon the land of sleep, by which it is bounded as by a natural frontier. By Victor Hugo Revery State Borders Sleep Frontier

Staying, we all know, is not the norm in our mobile culture. A great deal of money is spent each day to create desires in each of us that can never be fulfilled. I suspect that much of our restlessness is a return on this investment. By Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove Staying Culture Norm Mobile Fulfilled

I'm constantly agitated, restless - I work moments like worry beads until I see your face ... By John Geddes Restless Agitated Face Constantly Work

Suddenly I've become so restless that I'm capable of saying "That is enough" and ending what I'm writing you, which is based mostly on blind words. By Clarice Lispector Suddenly Words Restless Capable Ending

My soul is not asleep. It is awake, wide awake. It neither sleeps nor dreams, but watches, its eyes wide open far-off things, and listens at the shores of the great silence. By Antonio Machado Asleep Awake Soul Wide Dreams

Desire is wakeful; satisfaction dozes. By Mason Cooley Desire Wakeful Satisfaction Dozes

Sleep. The ultimate resistance By Jonathan Kellerman Sleep Resistance Ultimate

When sleep enters the body like smokeand man journeys into the abysslike an extinguished star that is lighted elsewhere,then all quarrel ceases,overworked nag that has tossed the nightmare gripof its rider. By Nelly Sachs Rider Sleep Enters Body Smokeand

I awake. I don't mean to but clearly I have not appeased the Sleep Gods with enough offerings. By Marian Keyes Awake Sleep Gods Offerings Appeased

The mind is easily distracted; it loses its focus and becomes restless. If it is not directed positively, its power will be diffused. By Chin-Ning Chu Distracted Restless Mind Easily Loses

Sleep is no servant of the will; it has caprices of its own; when courted most, it lingers still; when most pursued, 'tis swiftly gone. By John Bowring Sleep Pursued Tis Servant Caprices

Do you wrestle with dreams? Do you contend with shadows? Do you move in a kind of sleep? Time has slipped away. Your life is stolen. You tarried with trifles, Victim of your folly. By Frank Herbert Dreams Wrestle Shadows Victim Contend

I've often lost myself,in order to find the burn that keeps everything awake By Federico Garcia Lorca Awake Lost Myselfin Order Find

When I watch films or tv that I've done, I get very restless and tend to not sit still. By Eric Mabius Watch Films Restless Tend Sit

There are some so restless that when they are free from labour they labour all the more, because the leisure they they have for thought, the worse interior turmoil they have to bear. By Gregory The Great Labour Thought Bear Restless Free

Too weary and dazed by unfinished sleep even to swear. There comes a degree of numbness in fatigue and exasperation which can be expressed only by a sullen silence. By Humphrey Cobb Swear Weary Dazed Unfinished Sleep

Idleness is to the human mind like rust to iron. By Ezra Cornell Idleness Iron Human Mind Rust

Alert. Aware. Dreams and memories slip away. Thoughts tumble. Tangled. Confused. Sounds from my mouth are primal. What I want to say, what I need to say stays locked inside. By Kristen Heitzmann Alert Aware Tangled Confused Dreams

I'm awaiting a lover. I have to be rent and pulled apart and live according to the demons and the imagination in me. I'm restless. Things are calling me away. My hair is being pulled by the stars again. By Anais Nin Lover Awaiting Pulled Restless Rent

Wandering and confused, lost to myself, ill-assorted, contradictory, Pausing, gazing, bending, and stopping By Nicholas Sparks Pausing Illassorted Contradictory Gazing Bending

I love idleness. I love to busy myself about trifles, to begin a hundred things and not finish one of them, to come and go as my fancy bids me, to change my plan every moment, to follow a fly in all its circlings, to try and uproot a rock to see what is underneath, eagerly to begin a ten-years' task to give it up after ten minutes: in short, to fritter away the whole day inconsequentially and incoherently, and to follow nothing but the whim of the moment. By Jean-Jacques Rousseau Love Idleness Begin Moment Follow

Idleness is not just a vacation, an indulgence or a vice; it is as indispensable to the brain as vitamin D is to the body, and deprived of it we suffer a mental affliction as disfiguring as rickets. The space and quiet that idleness provides is a necessary condition for standing back from life and seeing it whole, for making unexpected connections and waiting for the wild summer lightning strikes of inspiration - it is, paradoxically, necessary to getting any work done. By Tim Kreider Vacation Vice Body Rickets Idleness

malady of reverie. By Oscar Wilde Malady Reverie

I'm still sleepy, a good frame of mind for writing - the inner critic snuggles deeper under the silk comforter and lapses back into unconsciousness while the dreamer and I begin work undisturbed. I By Alison Gresik Sleepy Writing Undisturbed Good Frame

Life is a spiritual dance and that our unseen partner has steps to teach us if we will allow ourselves to be led. The next time you are restless, remind yourself it is the universe asking 'Shall we dance? By Julia Cameron Life Led Dance Spiritual Unseen

I AM RESTLESS AM restless. I am athirst for far-away things.My soul goes out in a longing to touch the skirt of the dim distance.O Great Beyond, O the keen call of thy flute!I forget, I ever forget, that I have no wings to fly, that I am bound in this spot evermore.I am eager and wakeful, I am a stranger in a strange land.Thy breath comes to me whispering an impossible hope.Thy tongue is known to my heart as its very own.O Far-to-seek, O the keen call of thy flute!I forget, I ever forget, that I know not the way, that I have not the winged horse.I am listless, I am a wanderer in my heart.In the sunny haze of the languid hours, what vast vision of thine takes shape in the blue of the sky!O Farthest end, O the keen call of thy flute!I forget, I ever forget, that the gates are shut everywhere in the house where I dwell alone! By Rabindranath Tagore Forget Restless Flute Keen Call

I am so tired. Even the word sleep is a lure, a seduction. By Audrey Niffenegger Tired Lure Seduction Word Sleep

I was on the airplane after spending one of those nights of the damned that produces artists or serial killers. Sleep brought nightmares of violence and loss. Waking brought its own anxieties. Every noise in the old house assumed a sinister tone. Closing and locking the bedroom door provided no security to my imagination. Nor did keeping on every light. So I lay down, turned from side to side, got up, prowled, came back to bed, over and over. By Jon Talton Killers Airplane Spending Nights Damned

There was no sleeper more elegant than she, with her curved body posed for a dance and her hand across her forehead, but there was also no one more ferocious when anyone disturbed the sensuality of her thinking she was still asleep when she no longer was. By Gabriel Garcia Marquez Forehead Sleeper Elegant Curved Body

I am a horrible hollow kind of tired; all I want is quiet and rest. By Victoria Schwab Tired Rest Horrible Hollow Kind

When my family isn't alright, I get restless. It just doesn't seem right to me. By Cristiano Ronaldo Alright Restless Family

Awake. Be the witness of your thoughts. You are what observes, not what you observe By Gautama Buddha Awake Thoughts Observes Observe Witness

I crave stillness,And yet I fear the momentStillness turns into boredom,And the moment boredomTurns into loneliness. By Chris Mc Geown Loneliness Crave Stillnessand Fear Momentstillness

What is this sleep which holds you now?You are lost in the dark and cannot hear me. By The Epic Of Gilgamesh Sleep Holds Lost Dark Hear

I am trapped somewhere between consciousness and sleep; a waif-like creature who could easily be carried off by a strong wind, and who would welcome the distraction from her ravaged heart. By Kristen Darling Sleep Wind Heart Trapped Consciousness

I am listless, I am a wanderer in my heart.In the sunny haze of the languid hours, what vast vision of thine takes shape in the blue of the sky! By Rabindranath Tagore Listless Hours Sky Wanderer Heartin

Startled from a bad dream, or perhaps still in one... By Courtney Maum Startled Dream Bad

Sleep is the gateway to those nightly visitations of the irrational. By Gayle Greene Sleep Irrational Gateway Nightly Visitations

Do not run hither and thither and distract yourself by changing your abode; for such restlessness is the sign of a disordered spirit. By Seneca. Abode Spirit Run Thither Distract

You have to choose whether to go to a restless sleep or to stay awake and fight for a blissful night rest. By Michael Bassey Johnson Rest Choose Restless Sleep Stay

The mind is by nature restless. Begin liberating it from its restlessness; give it peace; make it free from distractions; train it to look inward; make this a habit. This is done by ignoring the external world and removing the obstacles to peace of mind. By Ramana Maharshi Restless Make Nature Mind Peace

This is the sleep: being absent, being not present to the present moment, being somewhere else. By Rajneesh Present Sleep Absent Moment

When the virus of restlessness begins to take possession of a wayward man, and the road away from Here seems broad and straight and sweet, the victim must first find himself a good and sufficient reason for going. By John Steinbeck Man Sweet Virus Restlessness Begins

I am like a prisoner who happens on enjoy an imaginary freedom in his dreams and who subsequently begins to suspect that he is asleep and, afraid of being awakened, conspires silently with his agreeable illusions. By Rene Descartes Afraid Awakened Conspires Illusions Prisoner

RIVETING TORPORIt is remarkable how far I am prepared to goIn order to avoid doing the one thing that mightProvide satisfaction, and it is remarkable to considerWhat I will do instead of it, purely for the pleasureOf being dissatisfied. When it is merely a matterOf sitting down for a few hours and dreamingThat something of value might eventually ariseFrom this routine of self-enforced boredom. By John Tottenham Riveting Remarkable Satisfaction Purely Dissatisfied

I love my shadow, this dark side of me that had my same restless nature. By Amy Tan Shadow Nature Love Dark Side

I was feeling rational and restless, which is horrible for watching movies By Sinclair Lewis Restless Movies Feeling Rational Horrible

Where I used to strive for movement and restlessness I now attempt to sense and express the complete total calm of objects and the surrounding air. By Lyonel Feininger Air Strive Movement Restlessness Attempt

When we are rested, we notice desires as well as lies buried in our souls. By Adele Ahlberg Calhoun Rested Souls Notice Desires Lies

Sleep was a vehicle for passing the time, for avoiding the present. It was a trolley for the depressed, the impatient, and the dying. By Hugh Howey Sleep Time Present Vehicle Passing

Boredom was my bedmate and it was hogging the sheets. By Andrew Davidson Boredom Sheets Bedmate Hogging

I am restless. I am athirst for faraway things. My soul goes out in a longing to touch the skirt of the dim distance. O Great Beyond, O the keen call of thy flute! I forget, I ever forget, that I have no wings to fly, that I am bound in this spot evermore. By Rabindranath Tagore Restless Forget Great Things Athirst

Deep tiredness loosens the strictures of identity. Things flicker, twinkle, and vibrate at the edges. They grow less determinate and more porous and lose some of their resolution. This particular in-difference lends them an aura of friendliness. Rigid delimitation with respect to one's surroundings is suspended: By Byung-Chul Han Deep Identity Tiredness Loosens Strictures

Weightless and endless. Timeless and restless. Hopelessly breathless By Amy Harmon Weightless Endless Timeless Restless Hopelessly

But I was too restless to watch long; I'm too Occidental for a long vigil. I could work at a problem for years, but to wait inactive for twenty-four hours that's another matter. By H.g.wells Occidental Long Vigil Restless Watch

It's a weary, sickening sensation to wander without the need for sleep and never find what you're looking for. After a while you give up, either because you don't care anymore or you know you don't deserve it. By Ian Lewis Weary Sickening Sensation Wander Sleep

I am an insomniac. By Josh Hartnett Insomniac

The fascination of sleep, which pits the lure of the void against the obstinacy of an impotent will, is an obstacle that life has perhaps never surmounted. By Georges Bataille Sleep Surmounted Fascination Pits Lure

The female that loves unrequited sleeps, And the male that loves unrequited sleeps, The head of the money-maker that plotted all day sleeps, And the enraged and treacherous dispositions, all, all sleep. By Walt Whitman Sleeps Loves Unrequited Sleep Dispositions

As so often happens, the thing left undone tires you most of all, you only feel rested when it has been accomplished. By Jose Saramago Accomplished Thing Left Undone Tires

had shifty eyes. Unease niggled By Caroline Fyffe Eyes Shifty Unease Niggled

He who saddens at thought of idleness cannot be idle, / And he's awake who thinks himself asleep. By John Keats Idle Asleep Saddens Thought Idleness

I remain restless and dissatisfied; what I knot with my right hand, I undo with my left, what my left hand creates, my right fist shatters By Gunter Grass Left Hand Dissatisfied Creates Shatters

To be honest, I had been restless ... The sensation would rise suddenly like freight from the ocean floorthe unexpected discontent of cows in their pasture. The constant chewing of all that cud. By Sue Monk Kidd Honest Restless Pasture Cud Sensation

We must be learning if we are to feel fully alive, and when life, or love, becomes too predictable and it seems like there is little left to learn, we become restless - a protest, perhaps, of the plastic brain when it can no longer perform its essential task. By Norman Doidge Alive Life Love Learn Restless

There is nothing more abominable than being in a state of bodily exhaustion and mental irritation; I was too lethargic to get up and seek some means of occupying my mind, but I was too uneasy to fall asleep. By Elizabeth Peters Irritation Mind Asleep Abominable State

Sluggish idlenessthe nurse of sin. By Edmund Spenser Sluggish Sin Idlenessthe Nurse

Eager to please,Trying to be what they needBut I'm so very tiredI've stopped trying to findAny peace in my mindBecause it tangles the wires By A Fine Frenzy Eager Wires Pleasetrying Needbut Tiredi

Im not tense, just terribly, terribly alert. Nick By Sherrilyn Kenyon Tense Alert Terribly Nick