Sleep Quotes - page 87

The sounds of early night die down. Mingled with the darkness of his kinsman Death and dripping with Stygian dew, Sleep enfolds the doomed city, pouring heavy ease from his unforgiving horn, and separates the men. (Statius)
As when a tigress hears the noise of the hunters, she bristles into her stripes and shakes off the sloth of sleep; athirst for battle she loosens her jaws and flexes her claws, then rushes upon the troop and carries in her mouth a breathing man, food for her bloody young. View quote
Statius
Sleep those tiny slices of death how i despise them. View quote
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
When I am..... completely myself, entirely alone... or during the night when I cannot sleep, it is on such occasions that my ideas flow best and most abundantly. Whence and how these ideas come I know not nor can I force them. View quote
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Success is meaningless if you can't sleep at night because of harsh things said, petty secrets sharpened against hard and stony regret, just waiting to be plunged into the soft underbelly of a 'friendship.' View quote
Margaret Cho
When I was supposed to be awake, I was asleep. When I was supposed to sleep, I was silent. When a pleasure offered itself to me, I avoided it. View quote
Susanna Kaysen
The only time that most women give their orating husbands undivided attention is when the old boys mumble in their sleep. View quote
Wilson Mizner
Secrets find a way out in sleep . . . It is the place where there is no pretense. View quote
Bell hooks
What a wonderful sleep it had been! Never had sleep so refreshed him, so renewed him, so rejuvenated him! Perhaps he had really died, perhaps he had been drowned and was reborn in another form. No, he recognized himself, he recognized his hands and feet, the place where he lay and the Self in his breast, Siddhartha, self-willed, individualistic. But this Siddhartha was somewhat changed, renewed. He had slept wonderfully. He was remarkably awake, happy and curious. View quote
Hermann Hesse
A girl had bidden me eat and drink and sleep, and had shown me friendship and had laughed at me and had called me a silly little boy. And this wonderful friend had talked to me of the saints and shown me that even when I had outdone myself in absurdity I was not alone. View quote
Hermann Hesse
Desire to sleep has vanished now, Spring has arrived in the night In the wake of a storm. (Hermann Hesse)
At the first kiss I felt something melt inside me that hurt in an exquisite way. All my longings, all my dreams and sweet anguish, All the secrets that slept deep within me came awake, Everything was transformed and enchanted, everything made sense. View quote
Hermann Hesse
The rooms are vast as Sleep within; When once I ventured in, Chill Silence, like a surging sea, Slowly enveloped me. View quote
Edith Sitwell
I feel very sorry for whoever you blackmailed, bribed, or slept with to get that diploma. View quote
Judith Sheindlin
I think clothes should make you feel safe. I like clothes you want to go to sleep in. I sometimes stand in front of a mirror and change a million times because I know I really want to wear my nightgown. View quote
Gilda Radner
I am not a morning person. I like to sleep in. View quote
Martha Plimpton
I haven't had a wink of sleep since I left Wilhelmshohe. I'm gradually cracking up. The troops continue to retreat. I have lost all confidence in them. View quote
Wilhelm II of Germany
I don't lose any sleep at night over the potential for failure. I cannot even spell the word. View quote
James Mattis
A hotel, he told me, was a big house where a lot of people lived and ate and slept, but no one knew each other. He said that described most families in the outside world. View quote
Chuck Palahniuk
She curled up on the pallet and stared into the dark, praying for a peaceful sleep. Prayers didn't do no good, oui. Antonio chased her all night. (In the book Antonio, her father, beats and sexually abuses her long-term; she eventually kills him) View quote
Nalo Hopkinson
How do people go to sleep? I'm afraid I've lost the knack. (Dorothy Parker)
She married the prince and all went well except for the fear - the fear of sleep. Briar Rose was an insomniac... She could not nap or lie in sleep without the court chemist mixing her some knock-out drops and never in the prince's presence. View quote
Anne Sexton
Welcome to seekers! Welcome to bearers of the Common Weal! Welcome of the East... They will ask: Who gave you the Teaching? Answer: The Mahatma of the East. They will ask: Where does He live? Answer: The abode of the Teacher not only cannot be made known but cannot even be uttered. Your question shows how far you are from the understanding of the Teaching. Even humanly you must realize how wrong your question is. They will ask: When can I be useful? Answer: From this hour unto eternity. ...When should I prepare myself for labor? ...Lose not an hour! ...And when will the call come? ...Even sleep vigilantly. ...How shall I work until this hour? ...Enhancing the quality of labor. View quote
Helena Roerich
The long sleep of Mother Goddess is ended. May She awaken in each of our hearts - Merry meet, merry part, and blessed be. View quote
Starhawk
Sassenach,” he said against my shoulder, a moment later. "Mm?” "Who in God's name is John Wayne?” "You are,” I said. "Go to sleep. View quote
Diana Gabaldon