insomnia

When you have insomnia, you're never really asleep and you're never really awake. With insomnia, nothing is real. Everything is far away. Everything is a copy of a copy of a copy.

- No, you can't die of insomnia.
+ Maybe I died already. Look at my face.
- You need to lighten up.
+ Can't you give me something? (Red-and-blue Tuinal, lipstick-red Seconals.)
- You need healthy, natural sleep. Chew some valerian root and get more exercise.
+ I'm in pain.
- You want to see pain? See the guys with testicular cancer. That's pain.

Fight Club Script
by Jim Uhls based on the novel by Chuck Palahnuik