How do people go to sleep? I'm afraid I've lost the knack. I might try busting myself smartly over the temple with the nightlight. I might repeat to myself, slowly and soothingly, a list of quotations beautiful from minds profound;…

Quote by Dorothy Parker

Topics: Sleep Quotes

Ducking for apples - change one letter and it's the story of my life.

Ducking for apples - change one letter and it's the story of my life.

My land is bare of chattering folk; the clouds are low along the ridges and...

My land is bare of chattering folk; the clouds are low along the ridges and...

This novel is not to be tossed lightly aside, but to be hurled with great...

This novel is not to be tossed lightly aside, but to be hurled with great...

If you're going to write, don't pretend to write down. It's going to be the...

If you're going to write, don't pretend to write down. It's going to be the...

The two most beautiful words in the English language are 'cheque enclosed.'

The two most beautiful words in the English language are 'cheque enclosed.'

Enjoyed it! One more drink and I'd have been under the host.

Enjoyed it! One more drink and I'd have been under the host.

Sorrow is tranquillity remembered in emotion.

Sorrow is tranquillity remembered in emotion.

He and I had an office so tiny that an inch smaller and it would...

He and I had an office so tiny that an inch smaller and it would...

Prince, a precept I'd leave for you, Coined in Eden, existing yet: Skirt the parlor,...

Prince, a precept I'd leave for you, Coined in Eden, existing yet: Skirt the parlor,...

Drink and dance and laugh and lie, Love, the reeling midnight through, For tomorrow we...

Drink and dance and laugh and lie, Love, the reeling midnight through, For tomorrow we...

That woman speaks eight languages and can't say no in any of them.

That woman speaks eight languages and can't say no in any of them.

Love is like quicksilver in the hand. Leave the fingers open and it stays. Clutch...

Love is like quicksilver in the hand. Leave the fingers open and it stays. Clutch...

I'm never going to be famous. My name will never be writ large on the...

I'm never going to be famous. My name will never be writ large on the...

This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with...

This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with...

Money was made, not to command our will, But all our lawful pleasures to fulfill....

Money was made, not to command our will, But all our lawful pleasures to fulfill....

If you're going to write, don't pretend to write down. It's going to be the...

If you're going to write, don't pretend to write down. It's going to be the...

Every love's the love before in a duller dress

Every love's the love before in a duller dress

Gratitude - the meanest and most snivelling attribute in the world.

Gratitude - the meanest and most snivelling attribute in the world.

Too great haste to repay an obligation is a kind of ingratitude.

Too great haste to repay an obligation is a kind of ingratitude.

Gratitude is a sickness suffered by dogs.

Gratitude is a sickness suffered by dogs.