“ I am somewhat exhausted; I wonder how a battery feels when it pours electricity into a non-conductor? Arthur Conan Doyle
“ Sometimes exhaustion is not a result of too much time spent on something, but of knowing that in its place, no time is spent on something else. Joyce Rachelle
“ Before forty, you think that exhaustion is something like a long-lasting hangover. But at forty you learn all about it. Even your passions exhaust you. Kevin Barry
“ Soothing the exhaustionIn my soul,So I can fall back skyward,Safe in your arms,And survive to dream again. Scott Hastie
“ But there were certain early days in Casterbridge- days of firmamental exhaustion which followed angry south-westerly tempests-when, if the sun shone, the air was like velvet. Thomas Hardy
“ Dark circles under my eyes sink deeper and deeper into my skull, in contrast to my pale skin there is an undeniable resemblance to a fresh corpse. Dee Remy
“ This much I do know - I'm exhausted by the cumulative consequences of a lifetime of hasty choices and chaotic passions. Elizabeth Gilbert
“ I am so tired - so tired of being of being whirled on through all these phases of my life, in which nothing abides by me, no creature, no place; it is like the circle in which the victims of earthly p… Elizabeth Gaskell
“ Was Mrs. Wilcox one of the unsatisfactory people- there are many of them- who dangle intimacy and then withdraw it? They evoke our interests and affections, and keep the life of the spirit dawdling ar… E.M. Forster
“ Those who indulge themselves in sense stimulation throughout their lives often end up exhausted, with an enfeebled will and little capacity to love others. Eknath Easwaran
“ When mental [illness] increases until it reaches the danger point, do not exhaust yourself by efforts to trace back to original causes. Better accept them as inevitable and save your strength to fight… George Sand
“ From The Jasmine Farm by Elizabeth von Arnim, c 1934: ...except for a little trickle of water somewhere near, and the piping, on an oleander bush, of a solitary bird, so great a stillness surrounded h… Elizabeth von Arnim
“ The challenge lies in knowing how to bring this sort of day to a close. His mind has been wound to a pitch of concentration by the interactions of the office. Now there are only silence and the flashi… Alain de Botton
“ From the tattered edges of an exhausted mind, inspiration blooms... mental filters disintegrate and walls crumble, as the ocean of creativity washes over everything. Jaeda DeWalt
“ More things in politics happen by accident or exhaustion than happen by conspiracy. Jeff Greenfield
“ Some day, with the last exhaustion, peace will come. It won't be the end of all things to come. Napz Cherub Pellazo
“ THE CURE FOR EXHAUSTIONSometimes, exhaustedwith toil and endeavour,I wish I could sleepfor ever and ever;but then this reflectionmy longing allays:I shall be doing itone of these days. Piet Hein
“ It wasn't that she was sad—sadness had very little to do with it, really, considering that most of the time, she felt close to nothing at all. Feeling required nerves, connections, sensory input. The… Nenia Campbell
“ I appeal for cessation of hostilities, not because you are too exhausted to fight, but because war is bad in essence. You want to kill Nazism. You will never kill it by its indifferent adoption. Mahatma Gandhi
