Quote by Maxim Gorky

“Live life as it was meant to be lived. Half asleep, preferably. [...] She preferred [...] to go to sleep at once, sleep now…

— Jonathan Coe

“And won’t he grow up to be the healthiest of young men, all because she kept him safe? Ready for the world. Ready to…

— Melina Marchetta

“She had no time for sleep, with the weight of the world upon her shoulders. And she feared to dream. Sleep is a little…

— George R.R. Martin

“In her experience, dead children, unlike dead adults, always looked as if they were sleeping - though she understood that there was an element…

— Chris Bohjalian

“An awareness had come over him that he wasn’t going to die. Loneliness in itself could not destroy him. Neglect was insufficient. And so…

— Anne Rice

“There were times when he sat watching the boy sleep that he would begin to sob uncontrollably but it wasn't about death. He wasn't…

— Cormac McCarthy

“Sleep. She needed sleep like she needed oxygen, water and food - yet, she was pretty sure she wouldn't find any tonight. No. Sleep…

— Gail McHugh

“She had seen this before. She knew that you could put it all in a little box and close it up later, that you could…

— Karin Slaughter

“For all the years he has spent without her are dulling now, losing their shape and colour -- as if he were sleepwalking through…

— Laura Barnett

“She looked like she was waking up in a strange place—only she knew she hadn’t gone to sleep yet, and that this was actually…

— David Levithan

“What bothered her most was the ceaseless movement of her mind, so locked in activity that it allowed her no rest, not even in…

— Henry Emmons

“He took deep breaths. He wanted to sleep. At least in sleeping, he could find a kind of peace. At least in sleeping, he…

— Alex London