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Quote by Marcel Proust
A little insomnia is not without its value in making us appreciate

A little insomnia is not without its value in making us appreciate sleep, in throwing a ray of light upon that darkness. – Marcel Proust

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Habit is a second nature which prevents us from knowing the first, of which it has neither the cruelties nor the enchantments. – Marcel Proust

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It is in moments of illness that we are compelled to recognize that we live not alone but chained to a creature of a different kingdom, whole worlds apart, who has no knowledge of us and by whom it is impossible to make ourselves understood: our body. – Marcel Proust

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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

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…rousing himself from a reverie, which had degenerated into an absolute snooze. – Thomas Ingoldsby, “The Spectre of Tappington,” 1837

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There are twelve hours in the day, and above fifty in the night. – Marie de Rabutin-Chantal

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[S]leep, and enough of it, is the prime necessity. Enough exercise, and good food and enough, are other necessities. But sleep—good sleep, and enough of it—this is a necessity without which you cannot have the exercise of use, nor the food. – Edward Everett Hale, “How to Get the Best of It,” c.1892

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