Body Quote by Nelly Sachs

When sleep enters the body like smoke and man journeys into the abyss like an extinguished star that is lighted elsewhere, then all quarrel…

— Nelly Sachs

“The life of the body is sustained by the breath which inhaled the dry vapors kindred fire. At night, when the sun is extinguished…

— G.T.W. Patrick

There is a knowledge in the heart of sleep.

— Sri Aurobindo

A nap is not to be confused with sleeping. We sleep to recharge our bodies. We nap to care for our souls. When we…

— Sarah Ban Breathnach

There is between sleep and us something like a pact, a treaty with no secret clauses, and according to this convention it is agreed…

— Maurice Blanchot

Sleep is like a cat: It only comes to you if you ignore it.

— Gillian Flynn

Sleep is when all the unsorted stuff comes flying out as from a dustbin upset in a high wind.

— William Golding

“Sleep is a vortex in your tales, swirling a person into deep places of their minds where consciousness is scared to tread.”

— Andrew Barger

Sleep is that golden chain that ties health and our bodies together.

— Thomas Dekker

“Sleep is often denied to those with secrets.”

— Stephen King

“Life often lulls us to sleep, makes us drowsy with the promise of unbroken tranquillity, only to stir us from our peaceful slumber with…

— Lee Irby

The fire which seems out often sleeps beneath the cinders

— Anonymous