Late Nights Quotes

“Really, it had been stupid to expect anything anyway. A few late nights does not a habit, or a relationship, make.”
― Sarah Dessen, Along for the Ride

“I slept and the night rolled over into day like a dog. Another post-meridian awakening - sunshine on empty bottles, tangled clothes. I dozed while the temperature rose.”
― Matthew Stokoe, High Life

“The night has already turned on that imperceptible pivot where two A.M. changes to six A.M. You know this moment has come and gone, but you are not yet willing to concede that you have crossed the line beyond which all is gratuitous damage and the palsy of unraveled nerve endings. Somewhere back there you could have cut your losses, but your rode past that moment on a comet trail of white powder and now you are trying to hang on to the rush.”
― Jay McInerney, Bright Lights, Big City

“That´s the problem with planning a late night supper after the opera, not only does the hero or the heroine die singing, but you end up famished after the last notes of the finale.”
― E.A. Bucchianeri, Brushstrokes of a Gadfly

“You might find me cleverly clad, in black on black, at 28th and 7th Ave.”
― Jonathan Lamas, Sanctuary of Expression

“Wake late, win late.”
― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words

“This had been happening more and more often: the two of us come upon each other by accident in the early hours of the morning and take solace in each others' company, weathering out the peril of being awake at this time of night, when thoughts that are neatly ordered or justly murdered during the day come loose from their moorings and out of their graves, to tie themselves to each other in new and dangerous ways.”
― Dexter Palmer, The Dream of Perpetual Motion

“Without good sleep we’re not able to operate at our best, and yet, when it comes right down to it, we typically do a lot more to stay awake than we do to get the sleep we need.”
― Thatcher Wine, The Twelve Monotasks: Do One Thing at a Time to Do Everything Better

“I do some of my best writing late at night, then delete it in the morning. Discovering what I don't want to say teaches me what I do want to say.”
― Steve Multer

“We speak until our mouths ache. I won't remember what we speak about, but I'll be certain it was deep. We are both terribly deep.”
― Effie Black, In Defence of the Act