Digestion Quote by Steven Magee

“We should not sleep to recover the energy expended when awake but rather wake occasionally to defecate the unwanted energy that sleep engenders.”

— Flann O'Brien

“Sleepiness seemed to be creeping out of the ground and up their legs, and falling softly out of the air upon theirheads and eyes.”

— J.R.R. Tolkien

“Sleep deprivation is physically miserable and creatively cathartic, as internal landscapes rise up from their dormant ashes.”

— Jaeda DeWalt

“Sleep's what we need. It produces an emptiness in us into which sooner or later energies flow.”

— John Cage

“Sleeping on a plank has one advantage - it encourages early rising.”

— Alexandre Dumas

“He felt that taking naps was much more beneficial than confronting catastrophes.”

— Yukio Mishima

“Sleep will enhance your ability to explore, make connections, and do less but better throughout your waking hours.”

— Greg McKeown

“Sleep came to me like a thin tide of water. It would lap against my body but never submerge me.”

— Hannah Kent

“Horne, J. A., & Minard, A. (1985). ‘Sleep and Sleepiness Following a Behaviourally Active Day’. Ergonomics, 28, 567–75.”

— Richard Wiseman

“We breathe our deepest during sleep. When we are in the state of full rest. We are able to be.”

— J.R. Rim

“Who says we'll be sleeping? I anticipate a lot of rigorous activity followed by a complete loss of consciousness.”

— Jen Frederick

“Do but consider what an excellent thing sleep is...that golden chain that ties health and our bodies together. Who complains of want? of wounds?…

— Thomas Dekker