Sleep hath its own world, and a wide realm of wild reality. And dreams in their development have breath, and tears, and tortures, and the touch of joy. – Lord (George Gordon) Byron

Heartbreak is not lessened by the day. Nor is sorrow diminished when washed by night. Sleep will not visit the incomplete soul. – My FGR friend for life, Tim Irwin, 2013

We term sleep a death by which we may be literally said to die daily; in fine, so like death, I dare not trust it without my prayers. – Sir Thomas Browne

Finish each day before you begin the next, and interpose a solid wall of sleep between the two. – Ralph Waldo Emerson