295 Quotes About Nightmares

One awakens refreshed from every nightmare.

Lately I've been having nightmares, where I'm cut into so many pieces that there isn't enough of me to be put back together.

Too often dreams become living nightmares when we turn goals into jobs.

You are the keeper of your memories. And you are the composer of your nightmares.

I wonder sometimes if the thoughts that flock my nightmares are abandoned memories coming home to roost.

That was the thing about bad dreams in the Wild North. You still had them when you woke up.

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve woken up in a cold sweat thinking I’m being chased by a grunting, disfigured man wielding a hatchet. Usually we're at an abandoned campground, which leads me to believe this is a subconscious mashup of Friday the 13th and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. He never catches me. The only thing that ever happens is I'm running and he's chasing. It's pretty horrible. I know it’s not real, but it feels real, and you know how feelings are. They make everything real.

The worst stories usually make you think: 'but nobody had to die'.These are called true stories.

I woke with sweat beading across my forehead and my hands balled into fists clutching the sheet over my eyes. The dreams. They were back. Haunting me relentlessly. I thought they were gone... I should've known better. (Rayne)