🎵 Twinkle, twinkle, little star, how I wonder what you are... 🎵 How many of you heard this rhyme before hitting the hay when you were little? Those were the good times when napping and catching z's in the middle of the day was seen as praiseworthy and not just lazy. In this fast-paced modern lifestyle we live in today, the rich are those who can afford a full night's sleep. That's a wealth many of us give too little significance to. To appreciate the value of good rest, we have accumulated the most impactful sleeping quotes, dream quotes, rest quotes, or call them whatever you wish quotes that highlight how big of a role sleep actually plays in our lives.
On average, a person spends 33 years of their life in bed - 26 years sleeping and 7 years trying to fall asleep. Crazy, isn't it? One might think that the time we're asleep is wasted and lost. In some ways, yes. However, it is the time necessary for the body to recover and prepare to function for the remaining years that we are lucky to live through. We, youngsters, like to say that there will be plenty of sleeping in the grave. However, there's no better way to go about your day than after getting that whole night of zzzs. And the older we get, the more we appreciate the value of a good slumber. Heck, bedtime is so vital that people are making sleep quotes about it.
Sleep is such a prominent feature of our lives that it's easy to forget how utterly weird it really is. Although many studies and research have been done, it's still hard to comprehend the actual science of sleep. Our bodies just go into shutdown mode, and when the morning comes (or perhaps lunch time for the night owls), someone turns on the power switch, and we can function as we usually do. A bizarre phenomenon that is essentially a different experience for everyone. And that's quite ironic, considering that we participate in it subconsciously.
To express that odd, however unique experience to everyone, numerous people, including celebrities, authors, poets, and comedians, have said or written down quotes about sleeping. And while sleep may not be the answer to all your problems, sometimes the solution is much clearer after you sleep on it. Forget counting the sheep and enjoy these quotes about rest, sleep, and quotes about dreams!
#121
“Now for a good twelve-hour sleep, I told myself. Twelve solid hours. Let birds sing, let people go to work[…] I was going to sleep.” ― Haruki Murakami
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#122
“A night full of nightmares is way better than a sleepless one.” ― Mokokoma Mokhonoana
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#123
“I'm so good at sleeping that I can do it with my eyes closed."
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#124
"The feeling of sleepiness when you are not in bed, and can’t get there, is the meanest feeling in the world."
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#125
”Sleeplessness is a desert without vegetation or inhabitants.” – Jessamyn West
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#126
“The shorter you sleep, the shorter your life.” — Matthew Walker
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#127
“Even where sleep is concerned, too much is a bad thing.“ — Homer
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#128
“In an era when Fear of Missing Out has its own universally understood acronym, recuperative rest and relaxation are not always regarded as the intensely worthwhile pursuits that they are. Instead, we are harassed into believing that we must be constantly available to be of value, that peak productivity and performance are directly related to presenteeism, and that to snooze is to lose. This couldn’t be more wrong.” ― Michelle Ogundehin
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#129
“When I’m alone, I can sleep crossways in bed without an argument.” — Zsa Zsa Gabor
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#130
“Listen, I love babies. I love children. And I melt when I’m around them. I also love my freedom and I love that I can sleep at night.” — Ellen DeGeneres
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#131
“The night is the hardest time to be alive and 4 am knows all my secrets.” ― Poppy Z. Brite
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#132
“They slept profoundly, desperately, greedily, as though for the last time, as though they had been condemned to stay awake forever and had to drink in all the sleep in the world during these last hours. ” ― Hermann Hesse
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#133
“When asleep we all become children again. Perhaps because in the state of slumber we can do no wrong and are unconscious of life, the greatest criminal and most self-absorbed egotist are holy, by natural magic, as long as they’re sleeping.” ― Fernando Pessoa
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#134
“I’ll sleep when I’m dead.”
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