Fatigue

medical symptom usually of physical and/or mental weakness that does not resolve with rest or sleep

Fatigue is a lack of energy, which may be caused by normal living or may have other causes, such as illness. [See Tired for tiredness caused by normal living.]

Quotes

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  • 'the sense of fatigue is often a very fallacious index of the working capacity of the body … there is not necessarily any correspondence between the subjective feelings of fatigue and the capacity of the muscles to perform work '
    • Francis Bainbridge, The Physiology of Muscular Exercise, (Longmans, Green and Co, 1931), pp. 176–177.
  • 'People who don't see you every day have a hard time understanding how on some days--good days--you can run three miles, but can barely walk across the parking lot on other days,' [my mom] said quietly.
    • Jennifer Starzec, Determination, (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform; 2016)

Dialogue

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The Doctor: Don't challenge me, Harriet Jones, 'cos I'm a completely new man! I could bring down your government with a single word!
Harriet Jones: You're the most remarkable man I've ever met. But I don't think you're quite capable of that.
The Doctor: No, you're right. Not a single word; just six.
Harriet Jones: I don't think so.
The Doctor: Six words.
Harriet Jones: Stop it!
The Doctor: Six. Don't you think she looks tired?

See also

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