bedtime Quotes

On Christmas eve, many years ago, I lay quietly in my bed. I did not rustle the sheets. I breathed slowly and silently. I was listening for a sound—a sound a friend had told me I’d never hear—the ringing bells of Santa’s sleigh.

“Goodnight stars
Goodnight air
Goodnight noises everywhere”

“And goodnight to the old lady whispering ‘hush’”

“A picture of- the cow jumping over the moon
And there were three little bears sitting on chairs”

“It is one of life’s bitterest truths that bedtime so often arrives just when things are really getting interesting.