A sense of belonging to the movement rather than the destination.

I don’t talk much. In this job, silence is the best currency. People think the glass and steel of the car are for protection, but they’re actually for watching. I’ve seen business empires crumble in the backseat during a twenty-minute ride to the airport. I’ve seen lovers say goodbye with their eyes while their lips said something entirely different.

Being the master of the vehicle while remaining unnoticed by the passengers.

The wheel is the only thing that stays still. Everything else—the flickering yellow streetlamps of the city, the silver blur of the rain, the faces that appear in the rearview mirror and vanish just as quickly—is a ghost.

I’m not just moving a machine. I’m moving time. From point A to point B, I am the master of their world. For those few miles, their safety, their punctuality, their very breath is in my hands. And when the door clicks shut and the tail lights fade into the dark, I’m alone again. Just me, the wheel, and the open road. Key Themes

The driver as a silent witness to human drama.

The asphalt has its own rhythm. You learn to read it like a heartbeat. A slight vibration tells you the tire is tired; a change in the wind tells you a storm is coming over the mountains. They call me the driver because that’s the only part of me they see: hands at ten and two, eyes fixed on the horizon.