Rose Macaulay Quotes

As I recall, I was still dressed when I fell asleep." "Just making sure you were comfortable." "And making yourself equally comfortable, I see.

At every point I am besieged by people who would like me to conform to some social norm of whatever sort of social group they expect me to be a part of. I never have any identification with these social groups.

I don't imagine my parents are too excited about my kind of life. The surrounding weirdness bothers them. Still, I think they're pretty good. Their lives are based on what their friends think, just like ours are.

I like to go to bed early.

I am different than some people would like me to be. I just don't buy into that the personal can be political.

I'll sleep in my clothes sometimes. I sleep in my clothes all the time, actually - in my coat. I just hate getting changed for bed; I like the idea of falling asleep in a natural way.

You should be falling asleep before your head hits the pillow because you worked so hard every moment of the day.

I don't care much about society.

Finish each day before you begin the next, and interpose a solid wall of sleep between the two. This you cannot do without temperance.

Adequate early rest is best...."Early to bed and early to rise" is still good counsel.

One hour's sleep before midnight is worth three after.

You can't sleep until noon with the proper elan unless you have some legitimate reason for staying up until three (parties don't count).

Human beings generally need between six and eight hours of restful sleep each night. Restful sleep means that you're not using pharmaceuticals or alcohol to get to sleep, but that you're drifting off easily once you turn off the light and are sleeping soundly through the night.

Go to bed. Whatever you're staying up late for isn't worth it.

I think I'll sleep now.

What do you expect me to do? Sleep alone?

In our lives, on average, we will be asleep for a total of 8,477 days. If we're lucky, some of that time will be sleeping next to someone we love.

The hard part for me is rest. I am a person who stays up late. If I go to bed early, I don't sleep, but I know I have to rest. That is always a struggle for me.

He hated the men floating in sleep in the big stone houses. Because their lives were ordered and their rooms tidy. Because they got up every morning and did their public work. Because they weren't going to dynamite their factories and have naked parties in the fire.

Now I shall go to sleep. Goodnight.

Sleep is critical to me... at least eight or nine hours a night. I start to slow down my body and my mind at least 30 minutes before I get into bed. I don't watch any disturbing or invigorating TV at night. I also get energy from meditation practice and from eating healthy fresh food, only one cup of espresso in the morning, and not drinking too much.

Night, having Sleep, the brother of Death.

A lack of restful sleep disrupts the body's innate balance, weakens our immune system, and speeds up the aging process.

Be childish. Be irresponsible. Be disrespectful. Be everything this society hates.

What foolsmiddle-classgirls are to expect other people to respect the same gods as themselves and E M Forster.