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"Insomnia is a gross feeder. It will nourish itself on any kind of thinking, including thinking about not thinking."

Clifton Fadiman, American Writer

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"Insomnia is a gross feeder. It will nourish itself on any kind of thinking, including thinking about not thinking."

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