“Going to dark bed there was a square round Sinbad the Sailor roc’s auk’s egg in the night of the bed of all the auks of the rocs of Darkinbad the Brightdayler.”
“With all those who do not want to go to bed. With all those who need a light for the night.”
“Go to bed," he ordered. "Go to bed... and stay there.”
“I'm so fast that last night I turned off the light switch in my hotel room and was in bed before the room was dark.”
“To go to bed at night in Madrid marks you as a little queer. For a long time your friends will be a little uncomfortable about it. Nobody goes to bed in Madrid until they have killed the night. Appointments with a friend are habitually made for after midnight at the cafe.”
“This is not good. This is not right. My feet stick out of bed all night. And when I pull them in, oh dear! My head sticks out of bed out here!”