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Quote by Djuna Barnes
Sleep demands of us a guilty immunity. There is not one of us who,

Sleep demands of us a guilty immunity. There is not one of us who, given an eternal incognito, a thumbprint nowhere set against our souls, would not commit rape, murder and all abominations. – Djuna Barnes

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We are beginning to wonder whether a servant girl hasnt the best of it after all. She knows how the salad tastes without the dressing, and she knows how lifes lived before it gets to the parlor door. – Djuna Barnes

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The heart of the jealous knows the best and most satisfying love, that of the others bed, where the rival perfects the lovers imperfections. – Djuna Barnes

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What hath night to do with sleep? – John Milton

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All men whilst they are awake are in one common world: but each of them, when he is asleep, is in a world of his own. – Plutarch

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[S]leep is the golden chain that ties health and our bodies together. – Thomas Dekker

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It seemed almost impossible for him to rouse himself out of the delicious depths of his first sleep. – Rev. G. Despard, M.A., Trinity Church, Kilburn, “Peace in the Heart,” in The Sun

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Scientists will eventually stop flailing around with solar power and focus their efforts on harnessing the only truly unlimited source of energy on the planet: stupidity. I predict that in the future, scientists will learn how to convert stupidity into clean fuel. – Scott Adams

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