Quotes about Sleep
Don't wake up a woman in love. Let her dream, so that she does not weep when she returns to her bitter reality
— Mark Twain
I have never been able to sleep with anyone. I require a full-size bed so that I can lie in the middle of it and extend my arms spreadeagle on both sides without being obstructed.
— Mae West
I studied, I met with medical doctors, scientists, and I'm here to tell you that the way to a more productive, more inspired, more joyful life is: getting enough sleep.
— Arianna Huffington
Excuses are the cradle ... that Satan rocks men off to sleep in.
— DL Moody
Mothers arms are made of tenderness, And sweet sleep blesses the child who lies therein.
— Victor Hugo
Have courage for the great sorrows of life, and patience for the small ones. And when you have finished your daily task, go to sleep in peace. God is awake.
— Victor Hugo
She had had sweet dreams, which possibly arose from the fact that her little bed was very white.
— Victor Hugo
He sleeps although so much he was denied. He lived and when his dear love left him died. It happened of itself, in the easy way that in the morning night time follows day
— Victor Hugo
Sleep in Peace, God is awake.
— Victor Hugo
He sleeps. Although his fate was very strange, He lived. He died when he had no longer his angel. The thing came to pass simply, of itself, As the night comes when day is gone. a
— Victor Hugo
However, in part for reasons of organizational convenience, modern societies are structured as if all humans had the same sleep requirements; and in many parts of the world there is a satisfying sense of moral rectitude in rising early. The amount of sleep required for buffer dumping would then depend on how much we have both thought and experienced since the last sleep period.
— Carl Sagan
Mare, despite its Latin meaning, is the Old English word for incubus, and nightmare meant originally the demon that sits on the chests of sleepers, tormenting them with dreams.
— Carl Sagan