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Sleeping Quotes (page 53)

Anatole France quote: "The law, in its majestic impartiality, forbids the rich and..."
The law, in its majestic impartiality, forbids the rich and poor alike to sleep under the bridges of Paris. Anatole France
Barbara Taylor Bradford quote: "Harris isn't sulking, gentlemen. He's sleeping. It's only..."
Harris isn't sulking, gentlemen. He's sleeping. It's only natural. A woman of my years can be very difficult to satisfy. Barbara Taylor Bradford
Emilie Autumn quote: "I only sleep with people I love, which is why I have insomnia."
I only sleep with people I love, which is why I have insomnia. Emilie Autumn
In view of the fact that I surround myself with numbskulls now, I shall die among numbskulls, and on my deathbed shall be surrounded by numbskulls who will not understand what I am saying ... Whom am I sleeping with these days ? Franz Kafka. Patricia Highsmith
Jeffrey Eugenides quote: "that since Cecilia’s suicide, the Lisbon’s could hardly wait..."
that since Cecilia’s suicide, the Lisbon’s could hardly wait for the night to forget themselves in sleep Jeffrey Eugenides
she makes me wash, they make me comb all to thunder; she won't let me sleep in the woodshed... the widder [widow] eats by a bell; she goes to bed by a bell; she wakes up by a bell-everything's so awful reg'lar a body can't stand it Mark Twain
Oscar Wilde quote: "Life is a nightmare that prevents one from sleeping."
Life is a nightmare that prevents one from sleeping. Oscar Wilde
I have been a lucky man. To feel the intimacy of brothers is a marvelous thing in life. To feel the love of people whom we love is a fire that feeds our life. But to feel the affection that comes from those whom we do not know, from those unknown to us, who are watching over our sleep and solitude, over our dangers and our weaknesses? that is something still greater and more beautiful because it widens out the boundaries of our being, and unites all living things. Pablo Neruda
…When the fact that one is a total nonentity who’s done nothing more outstanding than eating, sleeping, and chatting with neighbors becomes a fact worthy of pride, of announcement to the world and of diligent study by millions of readers – the fact that one has built a cathedral becomes unrecordable and unannounceable. A matter of perspectives and relativity. The distance permissible between the extremes of any particular capacity is limited. The sound perception of an ant does not include... Ayn Rand
He that is thy friend indeed, He will help thee in thy need: If thou sorrow, he will weep; If thou wake, he cannot sleep: Thus of every grief in heart. He with thee does bear a part. These are certain signs to know. Faithful friend from flattering foe. William Shakespeare
One of the Georges - I forget which - once said that a certain number of hours sleep each night - I cannot recall at the moment how many - made a man something which for the time being has slipped my memory. P. G. Wodehouse
It is said the sesta is one of the only gifts the Europeans brought to South America, but I imagine the Brazilians could have figured out how to sleep in the afternoon without having to endure centuries of murder and enslavement. Ann Patchett
Carl Sandburg quote: "I am stone and steel of your sleeping numbers; I remember all..."
I am stone and steel of your sleeping numbers; I remember all you forget. I will die as many timesas you make me over again. Carl Sandburg
I wonder if the snow loves the trees and fields, that it kisses them so gently? And then it covers them up snug, you know, with a white quilt; and perhaps it says "Go to sleep, darlings, till the summer comes again. Lewis Carroll
You should've thought of that before becoming a fireman."Thought!" he said. "Was I given a choice? I was raised to think the best thing in the world is not to read. The best thing is television and radio and ball games and a home I can't afford and, Good Lord, now, only now I realize what I've done. My grandfather and father were firemen. Walking in my sleep I followed them. Ray Bradbury

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