With memory set smarting like a reopened wound, a man's past is not simply a dead history, an outworn preparation of the present: it is not a repented error shaken loose from the life: it is a still quivering part of himself, bringing shudders and bitter flavors and the tinglings of a merited shame.
The body shudders people report as you fall asleep are surprisingly common, and harmless – they're called hypnic jerks.
" peaking with each of the truck's shudders and jolts.
