“I’m tired, can’t think of anything and want only to lay my face in your lap, feel your hand on my head and remain like that through all eternity.”— Franz Kafka, amazon.com
“Anxiety is the restless nights of sleep, as you toss and turn. It’s your brain never being able to shut off. It’s the thoughts you over-think before bedtime and all of your worst fears become a reality in dreams and nightmares. It’s waking up tired even though your day just started.”— Kirsten Corley, thoughtcatalog.com
“I don’t trust anybody. Not anybody. And the more that I care about someone, the more sure I am they’re going to get tired of me and take off.”— Rainbow Rowell, amazon.com
“You see that girl, she looks so happy right? But inside she's dying. She's hurt and tired.”— Jayne Higgins, amazon.com
“Sometimes I feel like a caretaker of a museum — a huge, empty museum where no one ever comes, and I’m watching over it for no one but myself.”— Haruki Murakami, amazon.com
“I am tired, I am weary, I could sleep for a thousand years.”— The Velvet Underground & Nico, genius.com
“Tired of your computer running slow? Tired of losing files? Tired? Really tired? Exhausted? Desperate for one moment of true rest? Tired?”— Night Vale podcast, twitter.com
“I've never wanted to seem weak because nobody likes people who are sad all the time.”— Anonymous, facebook.com
“On the days it’s hard to get out of bed, I remember the only way it gets better is if I actually get out. There will never be sunshine if I keep the blinds permanently shut.”— Ari Eastman, thoughtcatalog.com
“Sometimes I consider pretending morning never arrived. I can slip back to sleep and blame it on an eternal nighttime. If I shut the blinds, who could even tell the difference?”— Ari Eastman, thoughtcatalog.com
“When you want to just go back to sleep, I want you to remember this…You are not who you are at your worst. You are not who you are at your most depressed. This is not a reflection of you and something you’ve done wrong. This is not a character flaw.”— Kirsten Corley, thoughtcatalog.com
“You get up and before your eyes even open, you just want to go back to sleep. You already know the type of day you’re going to have, based on that weight that feels heavy in your chest.”— Kirsten Corley, thoughtcatalog.com