Jean-Paul Sartre Quotes about Sleep

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I am going to outlive myself. Eat, sleep, sleep, eat. Exist slowly, softly, like these trees, like a puddle of water, like the red bench in the streetcar.

I am going to outlive myself. Eat, sleep, sleep, eat. Exist slowly, softly, like these trees, like a puddle of water, like the red bench in the streetcar.

Jean-Paul Sartre

Sleep, Water, Tree

Jean-Paul Sartre (2007). “Nausea”, p.157, New Directions Publishing

I have such a desire to sleep and am so much behind my sleep. A good night, one good night and all this nonsense will be swept away.

Jean-Paul Sartre

Good Night, Sleep, Desire

Jean-Paul Sartre (2013). “Nausea”, p.16, New Directions Publishing

So it comes to this; one doesn’t need rest. Why bother about sleep if one isn’t sleepy? That stands to reason, doesn’t it? Wait a minute, there’s a snag somewhere; something disagreeable. Why, now, should it be disagreeable? …Ah, I see; it’s life without a break.

Jean-Paul Sartre

Sleep, Waiting, Needs

Jean Paul Sartre (1955). “No exit, and three other plays”, Vintage