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Quotes About Sleep

Voy a dormir llevándome al sueño estos pensamientos. Dicen que los pensamientos de los sueños van derechito al Cielo. Ojalá que los míos alcancen esa altura.
~ Juan Rulfo
It was after 9:00 P.M. by the time we got home. Tootsie was asleep in Dad's arms. Henry met us at the door to our building. "Mrs. H . . ." he said.
~ Judy Blume
Kliner. I touched my special place practically every night. It was the only way I could fall asleep and besides, it felt good.
~ Judy Blume
time. Every night I'd wake up to her howls. Turtle, who slept at the
~ Judy Blume
Poetry Is a Destructive Force" That's what misery is, Nothing to have at heart. It is to have or nothing. It is a thing to have, A lion, an ox in his breast, To feel it breathing there. Corazon, stout dog, Young ox, bow-legged bear, He tastes its blood, not spit. He is like a man In the body of a violent beast. Its muscles are his own . . . The lion sleeps in the sun. Its nose is on its paws. It can kill a man.
~ Wallace Stevens
From From the Journal of Crispin There is a monotonous babbling in our dreams That makes them our dependent heirs, the heirs Of dreamers buried in our sleep, and not The oncoming fantasies of better birth.
~ Wallace Stevens
Hi! handsome hunting man Fire your little gun. Bang! Now the animal is dead and dumb and done. Nevermore to peep again, creep again, leap again, Eat or sleep or drink again. Oh, what fun!
~ Walter de La Mare
Not to discriminate every moment some passionate attitude in those about us, and in the very brilliancy of their gifts some tragic dividing on their ways, is, on this short day of frost and sun, to sleep before evening.
~ Walter Pater
Death — the last sleep? No, it is the final awakening.
~ Walter Scott
Soldier, rest! thy warfare o'er,Sleep the sleep that knows not breaking,Dream of battled fields no more,Days of danger, nights of waking.
~ Walter Scott
Is death the last sleep? No, it is the last and final awakening.
~ Walter Scott
Google's scientist-in-residence Ray Kurzweil47 revealed in an interview. He said that when he is working on a difficult problem, he sets aside time, right before going to bed, to review all the pertinent issues and challenges. Then he goes to sleep and allows his unconscious mind to go to work.
~ Warren Berger
The sleeping or relaxed brain cuts off distractions and turns inward, as the right hemisphere becomes more active, leading to periods of greater connectivity.
~ Warren Berger
We never want to count on the kindness of strangers in order to meet tomorrows obligations. When forced to choose, I will not trade even a nights sleep for the chance of extra profits.
~ Warren Edward Buffett
When it comes to your health, a time-and energy-consuming porn habit can really interfere with important self-care activities such as exercising, eating well, getting enough sleep, and even bathing and grooming. Sleep
~ Wendy Maltz
That's what Alzheimer's does: it's a thief in the night, stealing precious pictures from our lives while we sleep.
~ Wendy Mitchell
Once Thorne woke with his hand on Kris's hip, his fingers caressing up and down the curve at the top of his buttock. He cupped it protectively and fell back to sleep.
~ Wendy Rathbone
As Wegner explained, "We stay awake worrying that we cannot sleep, and we spend all day mentally in the refrigerator when we are hoping to diet.
~ Wendy Wood
Some days I don't sleep and there are days I sleep for days.
~ Wesley D'Amico
Sleep mothered them; and left the twilight sad.
~ Wilfred Owen
O what made fatuous sunbeams toil To break earth's sleep at all?
~ Wilfred Owen
Warum er traurig war? [...] Weil die Welt sich so enttäuschend ausnahm, sobald man erkannte, wie dünn ihr Gewebe war, wie grob gestrickt die Illusion, wie laienhaft vernäht ihre Rückseite. Weil nur Geheimnis und Vergessen es erträglich machten. Weil man es ohne den Schlaf, der einen täglich aus der Wirklichkeit riß, nicht aushielt. Nicht Wegsehenkönnen war Traurigkeit. Wachsein war Traurigkeit. Erkennen [...] war Verzweiflung. [...] Weil die Zeit immer verging.
~ Daniel Kehlmann
In diesem Moment begriff er, daß niemand den Verstand benutzen wollte. Menschen wollten Ruhe. Sie wollten essen und schlafen, und sie wollten, daß man nett zu ihnen war. Denken wollten sie nicht.
~ Daniel Kehlmann
Bonpland gli chiese quando mai dormisse. Se posso evitarlo, rispose Humboldt, mai.
~ Daniel Kehlmann