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“Sometimes I wanted to go to sleep and not wake up. I’d lie awake in bed, wondering, wishing, hoping that I’d close my eyes and then I just … wouldn’t open them ever again.”

Book:Captive

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“How often one goes to sleep troubled and full of pain, not knowing what causes the travail, and in the morning a whole new direction and clearness is there, maybe the result of the black reasoning. And again there are mornings when ecstasy bubbles in the blood, and the stomach and chest are tight and electric with joy, and nothing in the thoughts to justify it or cause it.”

Joy Sleep Human Mind Ecstasy Travail

Book:East of Eden

Source: East of Eden

“He took deep breaths. He wanted to sleep. At least in sleeping, he could find a kind of peace. At least in sleeping, he could dream about his dead friends and maybe, until the sun came up, feel like he wasn't all alone.”

Death Sleep Loneliness Friends

Book:Guardian

Source: Guardian

“Silence is a magical sleep where you find the solutions in your dreams!”

“Feeling a little calmer?” she asked, leaning against the desk again. Dax snorted. “Mellow as anything. I’m ready to curl up and take a nap now. Don’t mind if I purr.”

Sleep Shifter Romance Banter Shifters Mellow Sexy Humor Nap Post Coital Shifter Humor

Book:Forged Alliances

Source: Forged Alliances

“He buried his nose in his pillow and went to sleep—to dream of anything rather than getting on in the world, as a sensible young man in his position ought to have done.”

Sleep Getting On Getting On In The World

Book:The History of Mr. Polly

Source: The History of Mr. Polly

“If it had been my decision, you would still be sleeping, and I would be hoping every hour of every night you lived was filled with the foulest of dreams.” “My only nightmare in this moment is the quality of the mattress you saw fit to place me on,” said Simon. “Really, brother, have you never heard of lumbar support?”

Humor Sleep Humour Nightmare Seanan Mcguire October Daye Simon Torquill Sylverster Torquill

Author:Seanan McGuire

“Glory went to look in on her father. He lay on his right side, his face composed, intent on sleep. His hair had been brushed into a soft white cloud, like harmless aspiration, like a mist given off by the endless work of dreaming.”

Sleep Grace Elderly Growing Old

Book:Home

Source: Home

“Night gets its own way in the end. The torches go out, the fire burns down to its internal organs, and the hall is charcoal and darkness. His mind shrinks as the heat dies, a ticking ember.”

Death Night Sleep Dying

Book:The Mabinogi

Source: The Mabinogi

“There are times when you wake at dawn and check your neck for the marks of the vampire, those two little red dots, your pupils still contracted with hate, muscles weary from the struggle.”

Sleep Vampire

Book:My Phantom Husband

Source: My Phantom Husband

“In order to fall asleep we must first close our eyes and pretend to be sleeping. Can the same be true for happiness and success?”

Happiness Success Sleep Dreams Thoughts

Author:Ross Caligiuriri

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