Book Quote by Mary Roberts Rinehart

“He got worse as the night wore on. Tessa tried not to think about the wound, tried not to think about what she was…

— Kaitlyn O'Connor

What a wonderful sleep it had been! Never had sleep so refreshed him, so renewed him, so rejuvenated him! Perhaps he had really died,…

— Anonymous

He remained, weeks after awakening, in that period of early-morning consciousness that allows easy re-entry to dreaming. His limbs still tingled with the residue…

— Dave Eggers

“Dorian stirred, a cool breeze fluttering in as if his magic awoke as well, squinted at them both, then at the clock atop the…

— Sarah J. Maas

“Sleep, or repose that deserved the name of sleep, was out of question. That room, in which her disturbed imagination had tormented her on…

— Jane Austen

“His normal pattern of sleeping was problematic at best. He would fall asleep for an hour and then be jarred awake for absolutely no…

— Brett Arquette

“Come in," he said gently. And inwardly raged at this portion of his being that rendered him helpless; that he could not control; that…

— William Peter Blatty

“The arousing from sleep, after a recent misfortune, is a bitter moment; the mind at first habitually recurs to its previous tranquility, but is…

— Anonymous

“He lay still, his bloodshot eyes staring blankly before him, and drifted into dreams of his problems, compulsively living out dialogues, summing up emotional…

— Richard Wright

He had come to believe that life was a series of ironic ambushes. - Doctor Sleep

— Stephen King

“The aged Summerlea nurse pushed past Valik and Laci and stalked over to his sickbed. “You are supposed to be sleeping.” Her face scrunched…

— C.L. Wilson

It seemed to be a necessary ritual that he should prepare himself for sleep by meditating under the solemnity of the night sky... a…

— Victor Hugo