Sleep Patterns Quotes

“Unlike those terrible thrashing summer nights when the room is always too close to allow that final descent into oblivion, the cool winter nights afford me deep sleep and long, magical dreams. When I wake in the night, the dark seems more profound and velvety that usual, almost infinite. Winter is a season that invites me to rest well and feel restored, when I am allowed to retreat and be quietly separate.”
― Katherine May, Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times

“Humans tend to be beasts who favour biphasic sleep patterns: a long sleep of five to seven hours at night, followed by a fifteen-ninety-minute nap in the afternoon. By economic necessity, we've evolved to be monophasic - sleeping a long stretch at night, followed by a quick trip to the chocolate bar-vending machine at 3 p.m. in lieu of an afternoon nap.”
― Fleur Anderson, On Sleep