“From Oleg Cassini's memoirs... I learned that Cassini had also suffered from insomnia. One night, he woke from uneasy dreams with the opening of Dante's Inferno setting off 'a clamorous tumult in [his] subconscious: "Midway the journey of our life,… — Elif Batuman Copy Share Image
![“From Oleg Cassini's memoirs... I learned that Cassini had also suffered from insomnia. One night, he woke from uneasy dreams with the opening of Dante's Inferno setting off 'a clamorous tumult in [his] subconscious: "Midway the journey of our life, I found myself in a dark forest."' When I read…” quote by Elif Batuman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c51/elif-batuman-2172_midlife-crisis_from-oleg-cassini-s-memoirs-i-learned-th_1634344.jpg)