Quotes About Sleep

Nothing takes place in the bed but sleep; or no sleep. I try not to think too much. Like other things now, thought must be rationed. There's a lot that doesn't bear thinking about. Thinking can hurt your chances, and I intend to last.

They say that a nightmare can frighten you to death, that your heart can literally stop. Will this bad dream kill me, one of these nights? Surely it will take more than that.

I wanted happy endings in those days, and happy endings are best achieved by keeping the right doors locked and going to sleep during the rampages.

It's story that counts. No use telling me this isn't a story, or not the same story. I know you've fulfilled everything you promised, you love me, we sleep till noon and we spend the rest of the day eating, the food is superb, I don't deny that. But I worry about the future.... Don't evade, don't pretend you won't leave after all: you leave in the story and the story is ruthless.

Time passed. I gardened, I read, and so on. I had already begun—in a modest way, and beginning with a few pieces of animal jewellery from Richard—the trade in second-hand artifacts that, as it turned out, would stand me in good stead in the coming decades. A semblance of normality had been installed. But unshed tears can turn you rancid. So can memory. So can biting your tongue. My bad nights were beginning. I couldn't sleep.

He slides off into half-sleep and dreams of Oryx, floating on her back in a swimming pool, wearing an outfit that appears to be made of delicate white tissue-paper petals. They spread out around her, expanding and contracting like the valves of a jellyfish. The pool is painted a vibrant pink. She smiles up at him and moves her arms gently to keep afloat, and he knows they are both in great danger.

Sleep is the only rest we get; It's then we are at peace. We do not have to mop away the floor And wipe away the grease.

The soft strings of the lute rippled with memories, and the maid's lilting voice made Mary sigh as she closed her eyes. She fell asleep filled with sadness, but without regret.

Who knew that listening to a guy sleep could be so much deeper than sleeping with a guy.

The lights flickered, the pain went away, and her mother was holding her, singing 'Sleep sweet sleep'. (The Children of Ankh series) Kim Cormack

She slept a dreamless sleep free of dragons for she had slain them once again. The Children of Ankh

When you lie down on your bed to sleep, remember with thanksgiving the blessings and the providence of God.

I keep having vivid dreams of success. Then it's time to sleep.

They say you waste time asleep, but I'm just trying to dream.

This one time I stayed up way past my bedtime... man that was scary.

There will be plenty of time to sleep once you are dead

Never waste any time you can spend sleeping.

I wondered what it would be like to die. Was it like going to sleep or like waking up? Was there no more time? Or did time go on forever?

Anesthesia is quite remarkable. Its lost time. And you wake up kind of refreshed.

Whether we wake or we sleep, Whether we carol or weep, The Sun with his Planets in chime, Marketh the going of Time.

Every time I wake up I have this huge dreadlock in the back, and I don't know why. It's not like I sleep like a maniac or anything. It gets knots out really easy, and it's handy.

Consciousness: That annoying time between naps

The moon has set, and the Pleiades; it is midnight, and time passes, and I sleep alone.

Sleep is like a drug. Take too much at a time and it makes you dopey. You lose time and opportunities.