--- title: "18 Sleep Quotes By Fernando Pessoa" description: "18 Sleep quotes by Fernando Pessoa. Plus more from Fernando Pessoa and more Sleep sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1bc/fernando-pessoa-177_sleep_and-now-i-m-sleepy-because-i-think-i-don_1822523.jpg" --- > [“And now I’m sleepy, because I think – I don’t know why – that the meaning of it all is to sleep.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fernando-pessoa/and-now-i-m-sleepy-because-i-think-i-don-t-know-why-that-the-meaning/) [Fernando Pessoa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fernando-pessoa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1bc/fernando-pessoa-177_sleep_and-now-i-m-sleepy-because-i-think-i-don_1822523.jpg) > [The essence of what I desire is simply this: to sleep away life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fernando-pessoa/the-essence-of-what-i-desire-is-simply-this-to-sleep-away-life/) [Fernando Pessoa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fernando-pessoa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f9f/fernando-pessoa-177_desire_the-essence-of-what-i-desire-is-simply-t_656564.jpg) > [“I want to feel the approach of sleep as if it were a promise of life, not rest.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fernando-pessoa/i-want-to-feel-the-approach-of-sleep-as-if-it-were-a-promise-of-life/) [Fernando Pessoa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fernando-pessoa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dae/fernando-pessoa-177_life_i-want-to-feel-the-approach-of-sleep-as_191622.jpg) > [“Sleep is fusion with God, Nirvana, however it be called.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fernando-pessoa/sleep-is-fusion-with-god-nirvana-however-it-be-called/) [Fernando Pessoa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fernando-pessoa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/99e/fernando-pessoa-177_nirvana_sleep-is-fusion-with-god-nirvana-however_797767.jpg) > [“No, we don’t feel anything. We consciously pass through the door we have to enter, and the fact we have to enter…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fernando-pessoa/no-we-don-t-feel-anything-we-consciously-pass-through-the-door-we/) [Fernando Pessoa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fernando-pessoa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/698/fernando-pessoa-177_consciously_no-we-don-t-feel-anything-we-consciously_682615.jpg) > [Talking to people makes me feel like sleeping. Only my ghostly and imaginary friends, only the conversations I have in my dreams,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fernando-pessoa/talking-to-people-makes-me-feel-like-sleeping-only-my-ghostly-and/) [Fernando Pessoa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fernando-pessoa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b1/fernando-pessoa-177_conversation_talking-to-people-makes-me-feel-like-sle_1890928.jpg) > [“At other times I wake up from the half sleep I'd fallen into, and hazy images with poetical and unpredictable colours play…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fernando-pessoa/at-other-times-i-wake-up-from-the-half-sleep-i-d-fallen-into-and-hazy/) [Fernando Pessoa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fernando-pessoa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60f/fernando-pessoa-177_colours_at-other-times-i-wake-up-from-the-half-s_2360659.jpg) > [“There’s no sunset so lovely it couldn’t be yet lovelier, no gentle breeze bringing us sleep that couldn’t bring a yet sounder…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fernando-pessoa/there-s-no-sunset-so-lovely-it-couldn-t-be-yet-lovelier-no-gentle/) [Fernando Pessoa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fernando-pessoa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e02/fernando-pessoa-177_sleep_there-s-no-sunset-so-lovely-it-couldn-t_1249260.jpg) > [If this be to have sense, if to be awake Be but to see this bright, great sleep of things, For the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fernando-pessoa/if-this-be-to-have-sense-if-to-be-awake-be-but-to-see-this-bright/) [Fernando Pessoa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fernando-pessoa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/914/fernando-pessoa-177_awake_if-this-be-to-have-sense-if-to-be-awake_1516357.jpg) > [“Leave in a complex state of slumber Your consciousness of science. Look At your white face in the wine’s red mirror And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fernando-pessoa/leave-in-a-complex-state-of-slumber-your-consciousness-of-science/) [Fernando Pessoa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fernando-pessoa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/092/fernando-pessoa-177_science_leave-in-a-complex-state-of-slumber-your_960597.jpg) > [When all by myself, I can think of all kinds of clever remarks, quick comebacks to what no one said, and flashes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fernando-pessoa/when-all-by-myself-i-can-think-of-all-kinds-of-clever-remarks-quick/) [Fernando Pessoa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fernando-pessoa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/97f/fernando-pessoa-177_all-kinds_when-all-by-myself-i-can-think-of-all-ki_1887009.jpg) > [I had the same sensation as when we watch someone sleep. When asleep we all become children again. Perhaps because in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fernando-pessoa/i-had-the-same-sensation-as-when-we-watch-someone-sleep-when-asleep/) [Fernando Pessoa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fernando-pessoa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/779/fernando-pessoa-177_children_i-had-the-same-sensation-as-when-we-watc_936348.jpg) > [ The idea of any social obligation \[...\] just the idea of it embarasses my thoughts for a day, and sometimes it's since… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fernando-pessoa/the-idea-of-any-social-obligation-just-the-idea-of-it-embarasses-my/) [Fernando Pessoa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fernando-pessoa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/22e/fernando-pessoa-177_affair_the-idea-of-any-social-obligation-just-t_754740.jpg) > [I’ve dreamed a lot. I’m tired now from dreaming but not tired of dreaming. No one tires of dreaming, because to dream…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fernando-pessoa/i-ve-dreamed-a-lot-i-m-tired-now-from-dreaming-but-not-tired-of/) [Fernando Pessoa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fernando-pessoa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d99/fernando-pessoa-177_awake_i-ve-dreamed-a-lot-i-m-tired-now-from-dr_2500763.jpg) > [Silence emerges from the sound of rain and spreads in a crescendo of gray monotony over the narrow street I contemplate. I’m…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fernando-pessoa/silence-emerges-from-the-sound-of-rain-and-spreads-in-a-crescendo-of/) [Fernando Pessoa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fernando-pessoa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14e/fernando-pessoa-177_awake_silence-emerges-from-the-sound-of-rain-a_788343.jpg) > [Once we're able to see this world as an illusion and a phantasm, then we can see everything that happens to us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fernando-pessoa/once-we-re-able-to-see-this-world-as-an-illusion-and-a-phantasm-then/) [Fernando Pessoa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fernando-pessoa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/27f/fernando-pessoa-177_able_once-we-re-able-to-see-this-world-as-an_2560432.jpg) > [“I’d like to run away, to flee from what I know, from what is mine, from what I love. I want to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fernando-pessoa/i-d-like-to-run-away-to-flee-from-what-i-know-from-what-is-mine-from/) [Fernando Pessoa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fernando-pessoa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b83/fernando-pessoa-177_life_i-d-like-to-run-away-to-flee-from-what-i_73656.jpg) > [“167 It’s one of those days when the monotony of everything oppresses me like being thrown into jail. The monotony of everything…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fernando-pessoa/167-it-s-one-of-those-days-when-the-monotony-of-everything-oppresses/) [Fernando Pessoa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fernando-pessoa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ee/fernando-pessoa-177_life_167-it-s-one-of-those-days-when-the-mono_1306614.jpg) ## Other authors on Sleep - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-william-shakespeare-95899.jpg) William Shakespeare 94 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sleep/william-shakespeare/) - [Matthew Walker 56 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sleep/matthew-walker/) - [Jarod Kintz 48 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sleep/jarod-kintz/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-albert-j-beveridge-10520.jpg) Shelby Harris 41 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sleep/shelby-harris/) - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 33 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sleep/ralph-waldo-emerson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-rajneesh-77002.jpg) Rajneesh 30 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sleep/rajneesh/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-rumi-81702.jpg) Rumi 29 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sleep/rumi/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-nikhil-saluja-71464.jpg) Nikhil Saluja 29 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sleep/nikhil-saluja/) - [Mark Twain 28 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sleep/mark-twain/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-henry-david-thoreau-41473.jpg) Henry David Thoreau 28 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sleep/henry-david-thoreau/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-cassandra-clare-21529.jpg) Cassandra Clare 27 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sleep/cassandra-clare/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-victor-hugo-93504.jpg) Victor Hugo 26 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sleep/victor-hugo/) ## More by Fernando Pessoa > [Everything interests me, but nothing holds me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fernando-pessoa/everything-interests-me-but-nothing-holds-me/) [Fernando Pessoa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fernando-pessoa/) > [“If only, I feel now, if only I could be someone able to see all this as if he had no other relation with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fernando-pessoa/if-only-i-feel-now-if-only-i-could-be-someone-able-to-see-all-this-as/) [Fernando Pessoa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fernando-pessoa/) > [What's given, in fact, always depends on the person or thing it's given to. A minor incident in the street brings the cook to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fernando-pessoa/what-s-given-in-fact-always-depends-on-the-person-or-thing-it-s-given/) [Fernando Pessoa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fernando-pessoa/) > [Smell is a strange sight. It evokes sentimental landscapes through a sudden sketching of the subconscious.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fernando-pessoa/smell-is-a-strange-sight-it-evokes-sentimental-landscapes-through-a/) [Fernando Pessoa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fernando-pessoa/) > [“Tudo vale a pena quando a alma não é pequena”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fernando-pessoa/tudo-vale-a-pena-quando-a-alma-n-o-pequena/) [Fernando Pessoa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fernando-pessoa/) > [“no nostalgia hurts as much as nostalgia for things that never existed!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fernando-pessoa/no-nostalgia-hurts-as-much-as-nostalgia-for-things-that-never-existed/) [Fernando Pessoa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fernando-pessoa/) > [pg.9 "In my heart there's a peaceful anguish, and my calm is made of resignation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fernando-pessoa/pg-9-in-my-heart-there-s-a-peaceful-anguish-and-my-calm-is-made-of/) [Fernando Pessoa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fernando-pessoa/) > [“The feelings that hurt most, the motions that sting most, are those that are absurd; the longing for impossible things, precisely because they are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fernando-pessoa/the-feelings-that-hurt-most-the-motions-that-sting-most-are-those/) [Fernando Pessoa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fernando-pessoa/) > [“I try to say what I feel Without thinking about what I feel. I try to place words right next to my idea So…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fernando-pessoa/i-try-to-say-what-i-feel-without-thinking-about-what-i-feel-i-try-to/) [Fernando Pessoa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fernando-pessoa/) > [Have you ever considered, beloved other, how invisible we are to each other? We look at each other without seeing. We listen to each…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fernando-pessoa/have-you-ever-considered-beloved-other-how-invisible-we-are-to-each/) [Fernando Pessoa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fernando-pessoa/) > [“To associate is to die. Only my consciousness of myself is real for me; other people are hazy phenomena in this consciousness, and it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fernando-pessoa/to-associate-is-to-die-only-my-consciousness-of-myself-is-real-for-me/) [Fernando Pessoa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fernando-pessoa/) > [“When it comes to dreams, I’m no different from the errand boy and the seamstress. The only thing that distinguishes me from them is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fernando-pessoa/when-it-comes-to-dreams-i-m-no-different-from-the-errand-boy-and-the/) [Fernando Pessoa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fernando-pessoa/) > [“No intelligent idea can gain general acceptance unless some stupidity is mixed in with it. Collective thought is stupid because it’s collective. Nothing passes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fernando-pessoa/no-intelligent-idea-can-gain-general-acceptance-unless-some-stupidity/) [Fernando Pessoa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fernando-pessoa/) > [God gave the sea the danger and the abyss, but it was in it that He mirrored the sky.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fernando-pessoa/god-gave-the-sea-the-danger-and-the-abyss-but-it-was-in-it-that-he/) [Fernando Pessoa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fernando-pessoa/) > [“Everything that surrounds us becomes part of us, it seeps into us with every experience of the flesh and of life and, like the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fernando-pessoa/everything-that-surrounds-us-becomes-part-of-us-it-seeps-into-us-with/) [Fernando Pessoa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fernando-pessoa/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sleep/fernando-pessoa/#itemlist", "name": "18 Sleep Quotes By Fernando 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Everything that surrounds us becomes part of us, infiltrating our physical sensations and our feeling of life, and like spittle of the great Spider it subtly binds us to whatever is close, tucking us into a soft bed of slow death which is rocked by the wind. Everything is us, and we are everything, but what good is this, if everything is nothing? 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