“Everything you do in a patient's room, after he is 'put up' for the ni...” — Florence Nightingale Quote

“Everything you do in a patient's room, after he is 'put up' for the night, increases tenfold the risk of his having a bad night. But, if you rouse him up after he has fallen asleep, you do not risk - you secure him a bad night.”

“Sick children, if not too shy to speak, will always express this wish. They invariably prefer a story to be told to them, rather than read to them.”

“Women have no sympathy and my experience of women is almost as large as Europe.”

“Music was something that was always close to me. Every night before I knocked out, I turned the radio on and would fall asleep to the music.”

“I've never been a movie buff. If I did go to a theatre to watch a film, half the time, I would fall asleep.”

“I'm up at dawn. I practically fall asleep at dinner.”