“It is a delicious moment, certainly, that of being well nestled in bed, and feeling that you shall drop gently to sleep. The good is to come, not past; the limbs have just been tired enough to render the remaining in one posture delightful; the labour of the day is gone” WellsEnoughMomentsFeelingsPastSleepGoneBedTiredLabourDelightfulDeliciousLimbsPosture Book:The Indicator Source: The Indicator
“The game must have been past my bed-time.” Has BeensPastGamesFootballBedManagersSoccerChairmanBed Time Author:Theo Walcott
“Thoughts must come naturally, like wild-flowers; they cannot be forced in a hot-bed, even although aided by the leaf-mould of your past.” PastFlowerBedHotOur PastLeafsYour PastMould Book:Dreamthorp: eight essays Source: Dreamthorp: eight essays
“Procrustes in modern dress, the nuclear scientist will prepare the bed on which mankind must lie; and if mankind doesn’t fit—well, that will be just too bad for mankind. There will have to be some stretching and a bit of amputation—the same sort of stretching and amputations as have been going on ever since applied science really got going into its stride, only this time they will be a good deal more drastic than in the past. These far from painless operations will be directed by highly centralized totalitarian governments.” IfsWellsHas BeensGovernmentPastLyingBitsDealsModernMankindFitBedScientistDressesNuclearOperationsStretchingStrideDrasticPainlessApplied ScienceAmputationTotalitarian Government Author:Aldous Huxley