Insomnia Quotes

“Insomnia, then, is not just a state of sleeplessness, a matter of negatives. It involves the active pursuit of sleep. It is a state of longing.”
― Marina Benjamin, Insomnia

“In insomnia we encounter the very heart of love’s darkness: the essential otherness of the beloved.”
― Marina Benjamin, Insomnia

“Like travel, insomnia is an uprooting experience. You are torn out of sleep like a plant from its native soil, then shaken down so that any clinging vestige of slumber falls away, naked confusion exposed like nerve endings. Sleep, in its turn, is a matter of gravity. It pulls you down, beds you in the earth, burrows you in. In sleep you connect back to the bedrock that provides nourishment and restorative rest.”
― Marina Benjamin, Insomnia

“The question is this: What if waking life is incapable of adequately attuning us to the needs of our unconscious minds?”
― Marina Benjamin, Insomnia