Quotes / The Sleepless

Who needs sleep?
Well you're never gonna get it
Who needs sleep?
Tell me, what's that for?
Who needs sleep?
Be happy with what you're getting, there's a guy who's been awake since the Second World War!

— Barenaked Ladies.

Castiel: How much do you sleep?
Sam: I don't.
Dean: At all?
Sam: Not since I got back.
Dean: And it never occurred to you that there might be something off about that?!

— Supernatural

The god of death will not die from lack of sleep. Moreover, gods of death do not really need sleep. The meaning of sleep for gods of death is essentially different from humans and is merely laziness.

—Death Note, "How to Use: XLVIII"

"Yeah, I never sleep much. An hour, maybe two. It's enough. When it's like this... that's when I can think. I get my best ideas when everybody else is asleep. Some people, they call it a curse. I like it."

—Lalo Salamanca, Better Call Saul

Steven: I thought Gems didn't need sleep.
Amethyst: We don't. Feels good though.

— Steven Universe, "Steven's Lion"

"Sleep, sleep, sleep! They sleep, they sleep, they're all asleep! But I am quite awake. Eh, Phido? I rise above the human heap! The world is mine to take! Eh, Phido? They're all fools who walk in dreams. They sleep their lives away! But I, Zigzag, will reign supreme! For they are easy prey. Eh, Phido?"

—Zigzag, The Thief and the Cobbler

Undyne: Wait. Papyrus... When do YOU sleep?
Papyrus: I'M USUALLY TOO BUSY TO SLEEP. WHY???.

— Undertale

Jadzia Dax: "There must be something you'd rather do. Maybe get some sleep?"

Virak'kara: "We don't sleep."

— Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, "To the Death"

"I do not require sleep."

— Data, Star Trek: The Next Generation, "Hero Worship"

He never sleeps. He says that he will never die. He dances in light and in shadow and he is a great favorite. He never sleeps, the judge. He is dancing, dancing. He says that he will never die.

—Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian

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