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Sleep Quotes - Page 132

A slight failing in one virtue is enough to put all the others to sleep.

Saint Teresa of Avila, Aeterna Press (1951). “The life of Saint Teresa of Jesus”, p.336, Aeterna Press

I am terrified by this dark thing That sleeps in me; All day I feel its soft, feathery turnings, its malignity.

Sylvia Plath (2010). “Ariel: The Restored Edition”, p.35, Faber & Faber

The old sleep poorly. Perhaps they stand watch.

Stephen King (2014). “Pet Sematary”, p.31, Simon and Schuster

Sleep's the only medicine that gives ease.

Philoctetes 766 (transl. F. Storr)

The hour that burst the spirit's sleep.

Saul Bellow (2013). “Henderson the Rain King”, p.82, Penguin UK