“Don't let sleep overtake you; the world's awake within you.”

“Sing little boxDon't let sleep overtake youThe world's awake within youIn your four-sided emptinessWe turn distance into nearnessForgetfulness into memoryDon't let your nails come looseFor the very first timeWe watch sights beyond this worldThrough your keyholeTurn your key in our mouthsSwallow words and numbersOut of your songDon't let your lid fly openYour bottom dropSing little box”

“The unlimited power that lies sleeping within you, let it slumber no more.”

“Our own Sleeping Beauty. Who finally kissed you awake?”

“I love sleep because it is both pleasant and safe to use. Pleasant because one is in the best possible company and safe because sleep is the consummate protection against the unseemliness that is the invariable consequence of being awake. What you don't know won't hurt you. Sleep is death without the responsibility.”

“When you stood between somebody you loved and death, it was hard to be awake and it was hard to sleep.”