Some nights are like honey—and some like wine—and some like wormwood.

The twilight is the crack between the worlds.

It is not right for a ruler who has the nation in his charge, a man with so much on his mind, to sleep all night.

For most of us, nighttime dreaming brings us closer to our identities and our power than any activity in the waking world.

Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o’clock is a scoundrel.

Some are born to sweet delight,
Some are born to endless night.

Each night’s new terror drives away the terror of the night before.

Night is torment. That is why people go to sleep. To avoid clear sight and torment.

I proclaim night more truthful than the day.

The moon is a friend for the lonesome to talk to.

After each night we are emptier: our mysteries and our griefs have leaked away into our dreams.

In my dreams I sleep with everybody.

The great difficulty lies in trying to transpose last night’s moment to a day which has no knowledge of it.