“Don t fall asleep yet. Contrary to popular belief, that s not where dreams get accomplished.”
“Death s brother, sleep.”
“With great power comes a great need to take a nap.”
“What pillow can one have like a good conscience?”
“Sleep is a daily reminder from God that we are not God. Once a day God sends us to bed like patients with a sickness. The sickness is a chronic tendency to think we are in control and that our work is indispensable. To cure us of this disease God turns us into helpless sacks of sand once a day.”
“Sleep, that deplorable curtailment of the joy of life.”
“You look tired, Rachel told Jason. I wish I could jog and sleep at the same time. Can t you? Ferrin asked, joining them at the little cascade. I always imagined that you could sleep rolling down a mountainside in a barrel. I probably could today, Jason conceded.”
“Speech, tennis, music, skiing, manners, love- you try them waking and perhaps balk at the jump, and then you re over. You ve caught the rhythm of them once and for all, in your sleep at night. The city, of course, can wreck it. So much insomnia. So many rhythms collide. The salesgirl, the landlord, the guests, the bystanders, sixteen varieties of social circumstance in a day. Everyone has the power to call your whole life into question here. Too many people have access to your state of mind. Some people are indifferent to dislike, even relish it. Hardly anyone I know.”
“Our nights are different. She falls asleep like someone yielding to the gentle tug of a warm tide, and floats with confidence till morning. I fall asleep more grudgingly, thrashing at the waves, either reluctant to let a good day depart or still bitching about a bad one. Different currents run through our spells of unconsciousness.”
“He doesn t mind if he dies... indeed, he would like to die; but yet he fears to fall. He would welcome a long sleep; but not at the price of falling to it.”
“...poetry is paying attention to life when all the world seems asleep to its beauties and truths...”
“People who are contented and serene sleep well. They fall asleep easily, stay asleep, and wake refreshed. Conversely, people who are anxious, stressed, or depressed do not sleep well, and chronic insomnia is strongly associated with mood disorders. These are clear correlations, but what is cause and what is effect is not clear. Most experts agree that sleep and mood are closely related, that healthy sleep can enhance emotional well-being, while insufficient quantity or quality of sleep can adversely affect it.”
“Ah, wonderful sleep. I love to sleep. It s one of the things I m really good at.”
“I used to be free spirited, now I m just free of sleep. I got a burning passion in my throat. I got a burning passion inside me.”
“My brain has become my enemy. We fight over creation and his need for sleep.”
“Whatever we may say, all of us suffer from disturbed sleep at times. Some in truth hardly sleep, though some who sleep copiously swear that they do not. Some are disquieted by incessant dreams, and a fortunate few are visited often by dreams of delightful character. Some will say that they were at one time troubled in sleeping but have recovered from it, as though awareness were a disease, as perhaps it is.”
“I wanted to find a nice quiet spot, go to sleep, and dream about kittens.”