Quote by Siegfried Sassoon

“I could lie down like a tired child, And weep away the life of care Which I have borne, and yet must bear,— Till…

— Percy Bysshe Shelley

“Sleep is a patch of death, but three in the morn, full wide-eyed staring, is living death! You dream with your eyes open. God,…

— Ray Bradbury

“Men pass my grave, and say, "'Twere well to sleep, Like such an one, amid the uncaring dead!" How should they know the vigils…

— John McCrae

“The wakefulness was always there beside me. I could feel its chilling shadow. It was the shadow of myself. Weird, I would think as…

— Haruki Murakami

“You may feel irritated at being suddenly awakened when you are caught napping; and you may think that if you were to strike me…

— Plato

“There is no darkness when I go to sleep; the wicked, as they say, never truly rest. I see blinding flashes of desperate arms…

— Alex Tanner

“Sometimes I have trouble sleeping. It’s weird—I can feel exhausted but still, I just lie there wide awake, staring up into the dark with…

— Tim Tharp

“Even though I'm sleeping again, everything still feels a little rickety, like I'm here but not quite here, like I'm just a stand-in for…

— Amy Reed

“I'll drink some wine, and then, like a latter-day Van Winkle, I'll lay me down upon this graven stone, lay my head beneath these…

— Salman Rushdie

“Sometimes I wake up and lie still enough to hear a petal drop from the vase of flowers. Sometimes I lie awake and wish…

— Simon Van Booy