Quotes About Sleep

Dreams are imperfections of sleep; even so is consciousness the imperfection of waking. Dreams are impurities in the circulation of the blood; even so it's consciousness a disorder of life. Dreams are without proportion, without good sense, without truth; so also is consciousness. Awake from dream, the truth is known: awake from waking. The truth is: The Unknown

Sleep I forget. Her silky breath no longer fans my ears; I dream I float on some forgotten stream that hath a saviour still of death

I slept with Faith, and found a corpse in my arms on  awaking; I drank and danced all night with Doubt, and found her a virgin in the morning.

Early to bed and early to rise Makes a man healthy and wealthy and wise: But late to watch and early to pray Brings him across The Abyss, they say.

I slept with Faith, and found a corpse in my arms on awaking; I drank and danced all night with Doubt, and found her a virgin in the morning.

Venga, le ho detto Perchè? Guardi fuori, è già l'alba. E allora? E' ora che lei torni a casa a dormire. Che c'entra che ora è, sono mica una bambina. Non è questione di ore, è questione di luce. Che cavolo dice? E' la luce giusta per tornare a casa, è fatta apposta per quello. La luce? Non c'è luce migliore per sentirsi puliti.

Mi faccia il piacere di andare e cercare questo cavolo di mobile bar. In genere è sotto la tv. La soluzione più logica sarebbe di fianco al letto Sbaglia. Il rumore non la farebbe dormire. Ma l'alcool si.

Be at peace, darling, be at peace, be at peace. Do you remember me? Do you remember? You are, indeed, my only and my last love. Be at peace, I am with you. Think of me, I will be with you, because you and I did not love each other only for one moment, but forever. Do you remember me? Do you remember? Do you remember? And now I feel your tears. Be at peace. It is sweet, sweet, sweet, sweet for me to sleep.

There is only one time of absolute silence. Halfway between the dark of night and the light of morning, all animals and crickets and birds fall into a profound silence as if pressed quiet by the deep quality of the blackest time of night...This silence is how I know it is not yet dawn, nor is it the middle of the night, but it is the place of no-time, when all things sleep most deeply, when their guard is dozing

No, I slept as I always do when I am bored and have not the courage to amuse myself, or when I am hungry and have not the desire to eat.--The Count of Monte Cristo

That is a dream also; only he has remained asleep, while you have awakened; and who knows which of you is the most fortunate?

Sleeping on a plank has one advantage - it encourages early rising.

Sleep is a very capricious goddess, and it is precisely when she is invoked that she delays coming. - Page 184

As Hunter fell asleep a strange thought came to him... he was falling in love with his wife.

There's nothing like falling into a satisfied sleep after you've had a man inside you two or three times. There's no substitute for that kind of man-to-woman connection.

Thunder sounded, very near, and the child woke.

unless you value yourself, you won't have the motivation to exercise, get enough sleep, eat healthfully, and care for yourself.

Difficulties with concentration are correlated with sleep impairment, especially insomnia, arising from hypervigilance. The insomniac person is always on alert, which increases his or her stress-hormone levels and heart rate, and turns on the sympathetic nervous system. One of the roles of histamine, released in response to stress, is to ensure that you're wide-awake. These processes make relaxation and sleep difficult.

Los angeles saben que el ruido es un estresante que puede crispar los nervios, interrumpir nuestros suenos y socavar nuestra paz interior.

In time, she eased into sleep, and her head rested against the plane of his shoulder. He held her and wondered that such a simple intimacy between a man and woman could mean so much.

A man ninety years old was asked to what he attributed his longevity. 'I reckon,' he asid, with a twinkle in his eye, 'It's because most nights I went to bed and slept when I should have sat up and worried.'

No, I have slept enough, and I like looking outside. It makes me hopeful. There is nothing like God's sunshine to cheer you up.

It was one of the occasions when Lymond asleep wrecked the peace of mind of more people than Lymond awake.

Se ouviram, sabem que só me resta fazer uma coisa: deitar-me aqui à beira-mar, na minha praia coberta de pétalas de rosa e entregar-me ao meu sono interminável.