"I should rather have you than a heap of gold, even if it were very comfortable to sleep on."

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Source : Naomi Novik (2009). “In His Majesty's Service: Three Novels of Temeraire (His Majesty's Service, Throne of Jade, and Black Powder War)”, p.42, Del Rey

Naomi Novik

#Sleep Quotes #Gold Quotes #Should Quotes

“Let sleep itself be an exercise in piety, for such as our life and conduct have been, so also of necessity will be our dreams.”
“The more in harmony you are with the flow of your own existence, the more magical life becomes.”
“The smartest person in the room, is the room.”
“We are defined by the stories we tell ourselves.”
“If you see in your children most of your own faults, you have failed as a parent, but succeeded as a neurotic.”
“When I was supposed to be awake, I was asleep. When I was supposed to sleep, I was silent. When a pleasure offered itself to me, I avoided it.”
“A mind is so closely shaped by the body and destined to serve it that only one mind could possibly arise in it. No body, never mind.”
“The great teachers fill you up with hope and shower you with a thousand reasons to embrace all aspects of life.”

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