The importance of insomnia is so colossal that I am tempted to define …

Emile M. Cioran
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The importance of insomnia is so colossal that I am tempted to define man as the animal who cannot sleep. Why call him a rational animal when other animals are equally reasonable? But there is not another animal in the entire creation that wants to sleep yet cannot. ✨ This column will change your life: Can't sleep, don't sleep by Oliver Burkeman, www.theguardian.com. May 21, 2010.
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