102 Quotes About Waking-up

Sometimes I wish I had not woken up from a beautiful dream, and continued dreaming within sleep upon sleep until I become a dream itself. Because sometimes waking up is more frightening than a nightmare.

Đêm ngủ gặp ác mộng mình có thể thoát ra bằng cách tỉnh dậy. Nhưng nếu thực tại chính là ác mộng mình không thể trốn nó bằng cách ngủ.

She let out a strangled laugh. “Yeah, that’s how it works. I just woke up one morning and was like, ‘gee, I want to screw Kyler.’ Seriously, you have no clue.

Like a caterpillar that excruciatingly turns upside down inside a dark cocoon to transform into a beautiful butterfly, human consciousness must also undergo a similar process, evolving and becoming a rational and sensible being. It is a painful human awakening from ignorance to wisdom, from bigotry to tolerance, from indifference to empathy. (— Danny Castillones Sillada, The Sensation of Not Being Dead)

He was attracted to this edge of unknowing, of hope and fear, he instinctively knew that surfing it was precondition for growth and transformation. And for feeling alive. Waking up and going out into the world not knowing what each day would hold, taking life as it comes, relinquishing any illusion of control. That's fresh, that's a good morning!

The dream was floating off satisfactorily on an inner sea.

You never know how much you truly appreciate sleep until it’s snatched away from you.

The worst part about dreaming? You have to wake up.

I’ve heard that sometimes a version of you must die before another more enlightened version can be born. I think that’s true after watching the corpse of myself walk around.