“Drove so long and so far on some nights that he would actually fall asleep at the wheel. One second he was thinking about his characters and the next he’d be drifting, a beautiful intoxicating richness, about to go all the way under and then some last alarm would sound.
Lola.
Nothing more exhilarating (he wrote) than saving yourself by the simple act of waking.”
Díaz, Junot. ”Sentimental Education.” The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao.
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