Ian Banks. Wasp factory (№ 5587)

- Are you awake?
- Of course not. Sleep is optional. This is something that they tell you to control you. No one is obliged to sleep. You learn to sleep when you're still a child. If you really want to, you can overcome this. Now I never sleep. So much easier to be on guard lest they sneak up and keep going. There is nothing better than to keep going. Be like a ship.