A human being who wakened in the morning with a queesy stomach, with fifteen hours to kill before next bedtime, had not… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Unlike the majority of the writers of his age, La Rochefoucauld was an aristocrat; and this fact gives a peculiar tone to… — Lytton Strachey Copy Share Image
“The day comes with a few things to ponder on, but the night rains upon the mind a thousand thoughts.” — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
Young writers should read books past bedtime and write things down in notebooks when they are supposed to be doing something else. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Bedtime stories were definitely a big part of my life because I was just so excited my father was talking to me. — Adam Sandler Copy Share Image
“So much is yet to come. Soon will be blankets and pillows, and books by the bed to make the stuff of… — Jim McCann Copy Share Image
It's not like I'm back for bath-time and bedtime for the children. You're back when they are asleep and you go out… — Helen Baxendale Copy Share Image
I do see a lot of my kids, but sometimes I feel as though we have snatched moments. I turn up half… — Steve McFadden Copy Share Image
These were our bedtime stories. Tales that haunted our parents and made them laugh at the same time. We never understood them… — Edwidge Danticat Copy Share Image
For the first three years of his life, my son insisted on hearing 'Goodnight Moon' before bedtime. Like most babies, he was… — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
To be serious, the things you really want to relive are things like bedtime with your daughter when she becomes incredibly entertaining… — Bill Nighy Copy Share Image
My mom didn't adhere to any of those typical rules. She woke us up for school every morning, and was there at… — Tracee Ellis Ross Copy Share Image
“The citizens have “the extraordinary and exhausting practice of sitting down to dinner at any time between 10m and 11 p.m. I… — Tony Leon Copy Share Image
But love, I’ve come to understand, is more than three words mumbled before bedtime. Love is sustained by action, a pattern of… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
“Raising children I’ve decided is a lot sadder than I expecte4d. Seeing them grow up brightly and vividly is tempered by the… — Michael Robotham Copy Share Image
I have an elaborate wind-down ritual, which combines reading, ESPN, movies, and jamming the blues on my keyboard. There's still a part… — Tohoru Masamune Copy Share Image
The spark for 'In Praise of Slowness' came when I began reading to my children. Every parent knows that kids like their… — Carl Honore Copy Share Image
I pledged myself to smoke but one cigar a day. I kept the cigar waiting until bedtime, then I had a luxurious… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
So what I'm trying to say is you should text me back. Because there's a precedent. Because there's an urgency. Because there's… — Marina Keegan Copy Share Image
Survivors told me that sleep was a great escape from the nightmare that was Jonestown. I also longed for bedtime each night… — Julia Scheeres Copy Share Image
I remember the absolute, joyous freedom I felt when I first went to college: I had no bedtime, no curfew, no rules… — Karen Finerman Copy Share Image
Every day when I wake I tell myself that it will be my last. If you are not trying to hold on… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
I'd love to do some bedtime stories for kids or that kind of thing. But with the demands of the shooting schedule… — Roma Downey Copy Share Image
Some boy nuh know dis, dem only come around like tourist. On the beach with a few club sodas. Bedtime stories, and… — Damian Marley Copy Share Image
Holidays are also an opportunity for kids to unlearn every good habit they've learned during the rest of the year. They don't… — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
All the things that most kids hated, I loved. I loved that things were asked of me and that, much to my… — Laura Linney Copy Share Image
The great thing about small children is they're portable, so we take them everywhere, but when it comes to 2015, Zachary's going… — Elton John Copy Share Image
“I looked at the clock with the faint unconscious hope common to all mothers that time will somehow have passed magically away… — Shirley Jackson Copy Share Image
Children, I mean, think of your own childhood, how important the bedtime story was. How important these imaginary experiences were for you.… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
It's been a great place to get in touch with what people are really thinking. And to make contact with readers and… — Greg Bear Copy Share Image
“A blanket could be used as a screen to project animated bedtime stories onto, and also a place to project your fears… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
A half-hour before bedtime, I remind myself that I now deserve to prepare myself for a good night's sleep. You can't focus… — Marty Nemko Copy Share Image
As a parent with young children, I would always find little things that bothered me when I was reading bedtime stories or… — Allen Covert Copy Share Image
Children from the age of five to ten should watch more television. Television depicts adults as rotten SOB's given to fistfights, gunplay,… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
My bedtime was 8 P.M. But on 'Cosby' nights, I got to stay up until 8:30. Real big deal. This is when… — Christine Lakin Copy Share Image
The truth is that I used to read J.J. bedtime stories. He came up to me at the FOX commissary about four… — Nicholas Meyer Copy Share Image
My son is 14, and I only have this time with him. True, it's not like before when I couldn't explain to… — Glenne Headly Copy Share Image
My husband is old-fashioned and kind, he does the greatest Sinatra impression, and I'd never have written anything if he hadn't read… — Allison Pearson Copy Share Image
Whatever our bedtime was as kids, we could stay up an extra half hour if we were reading. My parents didn't care… — Nathan Fillion Copy Share Image
“Ricki Jo," Momma says, "who's on the phone? Tell them it's past your bedtime." I cover the receiver and look over my… — Alecia Whitaker Copy Share Image
