--- title: "11 Sleep Comes Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 11 Sleep Comes quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Sleep Comes sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05d/victor-hugo-32_comes_sleep-comes-easier-than-it-returns-29281_292816.jpg" --- > [Sleep comes easier than it returns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/sleep-comes-easier-than-it-returns/) [Victor Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-hugo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05d/victor-hugo-32_comes_sleep-comes-easier-than-it-returns-29281_292816.jpg) > [Sleep comes more easily than it returns.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/sleep-comes-more-easily-than-it-returns/) [Victor Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-hugo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6a/victor-hugo-32_comes_sleep-comes-more-easily-than-it-returns_153558.jpg) > [When sleep comes, it's because I'm hoping to dream of you](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/safx/when-sleep-comes-it-s-because-i-m-hoping-to-dream-of-you/) [Safx](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/safx/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d36/safx-159727_dream_when-sleep-comes-it-s-because-i-m-hoping_1799070.jpg) > [I sleep when the sleep comes down on me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claudette-colvin/i-sleep-when-the-sleep-comes-down-on-me/) [Claudette Colvin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claudette-colvin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd0/claudette-colvin-17532_comes_i-sleep-when-the-sleep-comes-down-on-me_2621036.jpg) > [Oh, how with more than dreams the soul is torn, ere sleep comes down to soothe the weary eyes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-laurence-dunbar/oh-how-with-more-than-dreams-the-soul-is-torn-ere-sleep-comes-down-to/) [Paul Laurence Dunbar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-laurence-dunbar/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5dc/paul-laurence-dunbar-18887_dream_oh-how-with-more-than-dreams-the-soul-is_2936022.png) > [When are you going to learn that you can't just sleep with everything that comes along…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlotte-york/when-are-you-going-to-learn-that-you-can-t-just-sleep-with-everything/) [Charlotte York](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlotte-york/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e2e/charlotte-york-22707_education_when-are-you-going-to-learn-that-you-can_1257185.jpg) > [“A blanket could be reverse engineered to discover the origin of sleep. If we could figure out where sleep comes from, we’d…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jarod-kintz/a-blanket-could-be-reverse-engineered-to-discover-the-origin-of-sleep/) [Jarod Kintz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jarod-kintz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ba/jarod-kintz-2_reverse-engineered_a-blanket-could-be-reverse-engineered-to_183685.jpg) > [“Always, in these times, I am wretched save when sleep comes to me. Therefore, I have come to look upon sleep as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosemary-sutcliff/always-in-these-times-i-am-wretched-save-when-sleep-comes-to-me/) [Rosemary Sutcliff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rosemary-sutcliff/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/42a/rosemary-sutcliff-19223_helen_always-in-these-times-i-am-wretched-save_405461.png) > [“I’m not dead. I sleep sometimes. Sleep comes very close to death, everyone knows that. The dead walk in dreams, everyone knows…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ursula-k-le-guin/i-m-not-dead-i-sleep-sometimes-sleep-comes-very-close-to-death/) [Ursula K. Le Guin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ursula-k-le-guin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fae/ursula-k-le-guin-138_close-to-death_i-m-not-dead-i-sleep-sometimes-sleep-com_2100028.jpg) > [“When your day has been teeming with different sensations, when you have things on your mind, you can get to sleep to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/when-your-day-has-been-teeming-with-different-sensations-when-you/) [Victor Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-hugo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ff/victor-hugo-32_psychology_when-your-day-has-been-teeming-with-diff_2036425.jpg) > [“The drowsiness returns. It is unwelcome. I recognize it as the sort of fitful twilight which has come over me of late,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walker-percy/the-drowsiness-returns-it-is-unwelcome-i-recognize-it-as-the-sort-of/) [Walker Percy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walker-percy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a5a/walker-percy-1958_dreams_the-drowsiness-returns-it-is-unwelcome-i_1256210.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sleep-comes/#itemlist", "name": "Sleep Comes Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Sleep comes easier than it returns", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Victor Hugo" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/sleep-comes-easier-than-it-returns/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": 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