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title: "11 Lay Sleep Quotes by 11 authors"
description: "Browse 11 Lay Sleep quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Lay Sleep sayings and thoughts."
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> [Now I lay me down to sleep, poms and megaphone at my feet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/now-i-lay-me-down-to-sleep-poms-and-megaphone-at-my-feet/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [“the house and everyone in it lay in a sleep that would not be broken.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-cooper/the-house-and-everyone-in-it-lay-in-a-sleep-that-would-not-be-broken/)

[Susan Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-cooper/)

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> [Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-peart/now-i-lay-me-down-to-sleep-i-pray-the-lord-my-soul-to-keep/)

[Neil Peart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-peart/)

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> [I hope you lay down in your sleep and you choke on every lie you told](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicki-minaj/i-hope-you-lay-down-in-your-sleep-and-you-choke-on-every-lie-you-told/)

[Nicki Minaj](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicki-minaj/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/502/nicki-minaj-202_breakup_i-hope-you-lay-down-in-your-sleep-and-yo_1508820.png)

> [The more you earn, the less you keep, And now I lay me down to sleep. I pray the Lord my soul…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ogden-nash/the-more-you-earn-the-less-you-keep-and-now-i-lay-me-down-to-sleep-i/)

[Ogden Nash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ogden-nash/)

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> [Now I lay me down to take my sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep; If I should die before…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-bragg-sr/now-i-lay-me-down-to-take-my-sleep-i-pray-the-lord-my-soul-to-keep-if/)

William Bragg Sr

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> [Now I lay me down to sleep Knowing that your lenses peep Now I eat my daily bread And into the tape…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-partridge/now-i-lay-me-down-to-sleep-knowing-that-your-lenses-peep-now-i-eat-my/)

[Andy Partridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-partridge/)

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> [And after you're real drunk, maybe go down to the public park and stagger around and ask people for money, and then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-handy/and-after-you-re-real-drunk-maybe-go-down-to-the-public-park-and/)

[Jack Handy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-handy/)

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> [Now the world has gone to bed, Darkness won't engulf my head, I can see by infrared, How I hate the night.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-adams/now-the-world-has-gone-to-bed-darkness-won-t-engulf-my-head-i-can-see/)

[Douglas Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-adams/)

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> [“Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep, If I should die before I wake,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/audrey-niffenegger/now-i-lay-me-down-to-sleep-i-pray-the-lord-my-soul-to-keep-if-i/)

[Audrey Niffenegger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/audrey-niffenegger/)

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> [“Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray thee, Lord, my soul to keep. If I should die before I wake,I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/now-i-lay-me-down-to-sleep-i-pray-thee-lord-my-soul-to-keep-if-i/)

[Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/)

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