“Tall windows show Infinity; And, hard reality, The candles weep and pry and dance Like lives mocked at by Chance. The rooms are vast as Sleep within; When once I ventured in, Chill Silence, like a surging sea, Slowly enveloped me.” HardShowsRealityChanceSleepRoomsSilenceSeaWindowTallInfinityCandleChill Book:Edith Sitwell: fire of the mind : an anthology Source: Edith Sitwell: fire of the mind : an anthology
“It is only when we speak what is right that we stand a chance at night of being blown to bits in our homes. Can we call this a free country, when I am afraid to go to sleep in my own home in Mississippi?... I might not live two hours after I get back home, but I want to be a part of setting the Negro free in Mississippi.” WantTwoCountryHomeMightNightSpeakBitsHoursChanceMy OwnSleepSettingSettingsGet BackGoing To SleepBack HomeMississippiFree Country Author:Fannie Lou Hamer
“You can't sleep your way into being a star. It takes much, much more. But it helps a lot of actresses get their first chance that way.” WayFirstsHelpingStarsChanceSleepActressesCan't Sleep Author:Marilyn Monroe
“The blacks have their parties, hustle a little liquor, get some things together, and I used to play for those peoples. They'd come get me on time, but they wouldn't bring me back on time... Done picked cotton all day, play all night long, then pick cotton all day the next day before I could get a chance to sleep.” LittlesLongDonePlayTogetherUsedNightNextChanceSleepPartyPicksNext DayAll NightLiquorHustleCotton Author:Muddy Waters
“Tears are another river that takes us home. We become alive with tears. There isn't a chance to return to sleep when we are weeping.” HomeChanceSleepAliveTearsReturnRiversWeeping Author:David Paul