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I love sleep because it is both pleasant and safe to use. Pleasant because one is in the best possible company and safe because sleep is the consummate protection against the unseemliness that is the invariable

I love sleep because it is both pleasant and safe to use. Pleasant because one is in the best possible company and safe because sleep is the consummate protection against the unseemliness that is the invariable consequence of being awake. What you don't know won't hurt you. Sleep is death without the responsibility.

Fran Lebowitz
Hurt, Sleep, Responsibility
Fran Lebowitz (2011). “The Fran Lebowitz Reader”, p.111, Vintage

Sleep is death without the responsibility.

Fran Lebowitz
Sleep, Responsibility
Metropolitan Life "Why I Love Sleep" (1978)

I love sleep because it is both pleasant and safe to use.

Fran Lebowitz
Sleep, Use, Safe
Fran Lebowitz (2011). “The Fran Lebowitz Reader”, p.111, Vintage

Presently it appears that people are mainly concerned with being well rested. Those capable of uninterrupted sleep are much admired. Unconsciousness is in great demand. This is the day of the milligram.

Fran Lebowitz
Sleep, People, Demand
Fran Lebowitz (2011). “The Fran Lebowitz Reader”, p.71, Vintage

I woke up at five o'clock in the morning with the whole first paragraph in my head. Now, this just shows what a slothful person I am: I tried to go back to sleep.

Fran Lebowitz
Morning, Sleep, Firsts

Presently it appears that people are mainly concerned with being well rested. Those capable of uninterrupted sleep are much admired. Unconsciousness is in great demand. This is the day of the milligram. The rigors of learning how to do long division have been a traditional part of childhood, just like learning to smoke. In fact, as far as I am concerned, the two go hand in hand. Any child who cannot do long division by himself does not deserve to smoke.

Fran Lebowitz
Children, Sleep, Hands

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