Nothing like a car accident to put a holiday into another light.

"God damn. We just had a near life experience." Tyler Durden.

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In its early stages, insomnia is almost an oasis in which those who have to think or suffer darkly take refuge. Sidonie Colette

O sleep, O gentle sleep, nature's soft nurse, how have I frightened thee, that thou no more wilt weigh my eye-lids down and steep my senses in forgetfulness? (Exploding Bill) Shakespeare

The last refuge of the insomniac is a sense of superiority to the sleeping world. Leonard Cohen.

hmm: The last refuge of the ___________ is a sense of superiority to the ___________ world.