Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye, And where care lodges, sleep will never lie; But where unbruised youth with unstuff'd brain Doth couch his limbs, there golden sleep doth reign.
William Shakespeare
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BEAU TAPLIN And when the Salmon seeks a fresher stream to find; (Which hither from the sea comes, yearly, by... MICHAEL DRAYTON Through the forest have I gone. But Athenian found I none, On whose eyes I might approve WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE And in despair I bowed my head; "There is no peace on earth," I said; "For hate is strong,... HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW Methought I heard a voice cry Sleep no more, Macbeth does murder sleep the innocent sleep, Sle... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE That time of year thou mayst in me behold When yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang Upo... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE When griping grief the heart doth wound, and doleful dumps the mind opresses, then music, wi... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Suicide in the trenches: I knew a simple soldier boy Who grinned at life in empty jo... SIEGFRIED SASSOON Barney's Dad was really bad so Barney hatched a plan when his dad said "Eat your peas." Ba... BILL WATTERSON My care is like my shadow in the sun, Follows me flying, flies when I pursue it, Stands ... ELIZABETH I Summerset, don't you ever sleep?" "It's Lieutenant Dallas. She's--" Roarke dro... J.D. ROBB Do you know what it is like, to lie in bed awake; with thoughts to haunt you every ni... LANG LEAV They’re not really homes. More like houses where we sleep. Where we eat—if we’re lu... CHELSEA FINE His seed will issue kings, but he will never reign For she would be Queen of Lumat... MELINA MARCHETTA My love is strengthen'd, though more weak in seeming; I love not less, though less the show app... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE The Waking I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow. I feel my fate in what I... THEODORE ROETHKE Faint not, poor soul, in God still trust; Fear not the things thou suffer must; For, whom ... NATHANIEL PHILBRICK Journeys end in lovers meeting, Every wise man's son doth know. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE All the kids from daycare are in dreamland. The froggie has made his last leap. Hell no yo... ADAM MANSBACH Time Does Not Bring Relief Time does not bring relief; you all have lied Who... EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY Gabe?" The newchild stirred slightly in his sleep. Jonas looked over at him. "There could... LOIS LOWRY Where are you going?” He looked over his shoulder at me. “If I stay, you won’t get any sl... SARAH J. MAAS Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening Whose woods these are I think I know. Hi... ROBERT FROST The breezes at dawn have secrets to tell you Don't go back to sleep! You must ask for what... JALALUDDIN MEVLANA RUMI Arise from sleep, old cat, And with great yawns and stretchings... Amble out for love KOBAYASHI ISSA When I consider how my light is spent E're half my days, in this dark world and wide, And that... JOHN MILTON Ah! on Thanksgiving day, when from East and from West, From North and South, come the pilgrim and... JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER ... You are here again, so realistic, just, the golden dawn takes you away ZORICA SAVRON there is some aching that will only heal... in the mosque of sleep. SANOBER KHAN Cold be hand and heart and bone, and cold be sleep under stone: never more to wake on ... J.R.R. TOLKIEN Sleep! May be you will wake up tomorrow and find that things never changed, the apocalyps... SANHITA BARUAH Doubt thou the stars are fire; Doubt that the sun doth move; Doubt truth to be a liar; WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Doubt thou the stars are fire; Doubt that the sun doth move; Doubt truth to be a liar; WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Doubt that the stars are fire; Doubt that the sun doth move; Doubt truth to be a liar; WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world Like a Colossus; and we petty men Walk under h... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE There is safety in numbness– there is solace in sleep. LANG LEAV He watched with his predator eyes. The hunger in them unmasked. He was addicted. H... V. THEIA William Shakespeare: 'Close up this din of hateful decay, decomposition of your witches' plot! You t... GARETH ROBERTS Naptime," said Christian, leading her toward the bed. "I still need a shower." "Sleep firs... RICHELLE MEAD Where the bee sucks, there suck I: In a cowslip's bell I lie; There I couch when owls do cr... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE His smile is laced with dynamite. "Go to sleep" "Go to hell." He works his jaw. Walks to t... TAHEREH MAFI Here at last We shall be free; the Almighty hath not built Here for his envy, will not driv... JOHN MILTON How doth the little crocodile / Improve his shining tail, / And pour the waters of the Nile,/ On eve... LEWIS CARROLL Sleep my friend and you will see That dream is my reality They keep me locked up in this c... METALLICA WELCOME HOME SANITARIUM Looking back few friends had we but I've got him and he's got me. And when the golden minu... ROD MCKUEN Ah, how skilful grows the hand That obeyeth Love's command! It is the heart, and not the bra... HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW But doth not the appetite alter? A man loves the meat in his
youth that he cannot endure in his ag... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE The quality of mercy is not strain'd, It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the pla... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE The quality of mercy is not strain'd, It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the pl... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE For one heat, all know, doth drive out another, One passion doth expel another still. GEORGE CHAPMAN The quality of mercy is not strain'd, It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the ... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE O, beware, my lord, of jealousy; It is the green-ey'd monster, which doth mock The meat it... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Man is no star, but a quick coal Of mortal fire: Who blows it not, nor doth control<... GEORGE HERBERT ...stooping very low, He engraves with care His Name, indelible, upon our dust; And from t... PATRICIA ST. JOHN There is a place where the sidewalk ends And before the street begins, And there the grass... SHEL SILVERSTEIN I live there... where the birds are infinite everywhere where they flee SANOBER KHAN I have seen a land shining with goodness, where each man protects his brother's dignity as readily a... STEPHEN R. LAWHEAD Alan Campbell opened one eye. From somewhere in remote distances, muffled beyond sight or... JOHN DICKSON CARR For of the soul the body form doth take, For soul is form, and doth the Body make. EDMUND SPENSER He cubbed her in his arms to sleep, even her demons snored that night ~ TANYA GAMBHIR Better to die, and sleep The never-waking sleep, than linger on And dare to live when the soul... SOPHOCLES Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world Like a Colossus, and we petty men Walk under his ... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world Like a Colossus, and we petty men Walk under h... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Sleep, my love," He whispered, smoothing her long hair, lifting the damp locks away from the back of... LISA KLEYPAS A late lark twitters from the quiet skies: And from the west, Where the sun, his day's work en... WILLIAM ERNEST HENLEY I lie silently in bed With pleasant pillow under head— Exploring truths of a long lost e... T.D. OTIS The Lover Compareth his State to a Ship in Perilous Storm Tossed on the Sea My galley cha... THOMAS WYATT Not only will you sleep with me, but you will say 'please.'" I stared at him, shocked. Th... ILONA ANDREWS He came to read; two or three books are lying open: history and poetry. But after just ten... C.P. CAVAFY So live, that when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan, which moves To that myst... WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT I can see where creation often stops while the body still lives and often d... CHARLES BUKOWSKI If for a tranquil mind you seek, These things observe with care: Of whom you speak, to whom ... ANONYMOUS God moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform; He plants His footsteps in the ... WILLIAM COWPER I speak of love that comes to mind: The moon is faithful, although blind; She moves in thought... ALLEN GINSBERG To the Hesitating Purchaser: "If sailor tales to sailor tunes, Storm and adventure,... ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Bury the embers, extinguish the spark We plunge ourselves in the well of dark Far from voi... SHANNON HALE The foam cushions on the old couch downstairs disintegrate daily in a hush, THALIA CHALTAS These are the ushers of Martius: before him He carries noise, and behind him he leaves tears. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE [Jem] 'It will help you sleep.' 'All I’ve been doing is sleeping!' [Tessa] 'And very amu... CASSANDRA CLARE Under the Mountain dark and tall The King has come unto his hall! His foe is dead, th... J.R.R. TOLKIEN The difference ‘twixt poet and coxcomb is precisely that the latter stops gaps like a ship fitter ... JOHN BARTH There is no time like the old time, when you and I were young, When the buds of April blossomed, ... OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES The next thing I remembered was Reyes smiling down at me as the sun filtered into his apartment, his... DARYNDA JONES Doth not the appetite alter? A man loves the meat in his youth that he cannot endure in his age WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE The Toys My little Son, who look'd from thoughtful eyes And moved and spoke ... COVENTRY PATMORE What infinite heart's-ease Must kings neglect, that private men enjoy! And what have kings... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE The quality of mercy is not strained. It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the ... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE True friendship is worth more than can be measured, a quality forever to be treasured. Tr... CECILIA DART-THORNTON I drew him in my world; I write him in my lines, I want to be his girl, he was never ... LANG LEAV Hardy! Hardy —” He had come for me. I nearly lost it then. In the wild torrent of relief and gra... LISA KLEYPAS Through Rohan over fen and field where the long grass grows The West Wind goes walking, and abo... J.R.R. TOLKIEN
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And the... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE O, my sweet sir, news fitting to the night,
Black, fearful, comfortless, and horrible. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Ten day ago I drowned these news in tears;
And now, to add more measure to your woes,
I come t... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Yet the first bringer of unwelcome news
Hath but a losing office, and his tongue
Sounds ever a... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE There's villainous news abroad. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE If't be summer news,
Smile to't before; if winterly, thou need'st
But keep that count'nance st... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE The art of our necessities is strange, That can make vile things precious. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE No, rather I abjure all roofs, and choose
To wage against the emnity o' th' air,
To be a comra... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Now we sit close about this taper here
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One pain is less'ned by another's anguish;
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Which for their habitation chose out thee,
Where beauty... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Who has a book of all that monarchs do,
He's more secure to keep it shut than shown;
For vice ... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE There is no vice so simple but assumes
Some mark of virtue on his outward parts. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices
Make instruments to plague us. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Where doth the world thrust forth a vanity
(So it be new, there's no respect how vile)
That is... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Hoy-day!
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Looks handsome in three hundred pounds a year. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE All that glisters is not gold;
Often have you heard that told;
Many a man his life hath sold;
... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE If thou art rich, thou'rt poor,
For, like an ass whose back with ingots bows,
Thou bear'st thy... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE All gold and silver rather turn to dirt,
An 'tis no better reckoned but of these
Who worship d... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE What, man! more water glideth by the mill
That wots the miller of; and easy it is
Of a cut lo... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Here's that which is too weak to be a sinner:
Honest water, which ne'er left man i' th' mire. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE The people are like water and the ruler a boat. Water can
support a boat or overturn it. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE For who so firm that cannot be seduced? WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE While you live tell the truth and shame the devil. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Ha, ha! keep time: how sour sweet music is, When time is broke and no proportion kept! So is ... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE O, call back yesterday, bid time return. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Make not your thoughts you prisons. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE I am a Jew. Hath not a Jew eyes? hath not a Jew hands, organs, dimensions, senses, affections, passi... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my King, He would not in mine age Have left me... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE A man loves the meat in his youth that he cannot endure in his age. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE O, how thy worth with manners may I sing
When thou art all the better part of me?
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It is too full o' th' milk of human kindness
To catch the nearest wa... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Have you the heart? When your head did but ache,
I knit my handkercher about your brows--
The... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE A little more than kin, and less than kind! WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE So full of artless jealousy is guilt, It spills itself in fearing to be spilt. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE O! beware, my lord, of jealousy; It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock The meat it feeds on. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE But jealous souls will not be answered so;
They are not ever jealous for the cause,
But jealou... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE O, beware, my lord, of jealousy!
It is the green-eyed monster, which doth mock
The meat it fee... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE I do beseech you--
Though I perchance am vicious in my guess
(As I confess it is my nature's p... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Never waste jealousy on a real man: it is the imaginary man that
supplants us all in the long run. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE If I shall be condemned
Upon surmises, all proofs sleeping else
But what your jealousies awake... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Trifles light as air
Are to the jealous confirmations strong
As proofs of holy writ. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 'Tis mad idolatry To make the service greater than the god. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE We defy augury. There's a special providence in the fall of a sparrow. If it be now, 'Tis not to com... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE My plenteous joys,
Wanton in fullness, seek to hide themselves
In drops of sorrow. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE For bonny sweet Robin is all my joy. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Through tattered clothes, small vices do appear. Robes and furred gowns hide all. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Sweet are the uses of adversity which, like the toad, ugly and venomous, wears yet a precious jewel ... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Children wish fathers looked but with their eyes; fathers that children with their judgment looked; ... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Yet 'tis greater skill
In a true hate to pray they have their will;
The very devils cannot pla... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE How use doth breed a habit in a man!
This shadowy desert, unfrequented woods,
I better brook t... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE The miserable have no other medicine But only hope. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE O world, world! thus is the poor agent despised. O traitors and bawds, how earnestly are you set a-w... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE