No, it's not a very good story - its author was too busy listening to other voices to listen as closely as he should have to the one coming from inside.

Quote by Stephen King

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Each life makes its own immitation of immortality.

Each life makes its own immitation of immortality.

I guess when you turn off the main road, you have to be prepared to...

I guess when you turn off the main road, you have to be prepared to...

People want to know why I do this, why I write such gross stuff. I...

People want to know why I do this, why I write such gross stuff. I...

Only enemies speak the truth; friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of...

Only enemies speak the truth; friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of...

The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool.

The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool.

It's better to be good than evil, but one achieves goodness at a terrific cost.

It's better to be good than evil, but one achieves goodness at a terrific cost.

American grammar doesn't have the sturdiness of British grammar (a British advertising man with a...

American grammar doesn't have the sturdiness of British grammar (a British advertising man with a...

All you need to do is hold on tight...and believe.

All you need to do is hold on tight...and believe.

I watched Titanic when I got back home from the hospital, and cried. I knew...

I watched Titanic when I got back home from the hospital, and cried. I knew...

A man who can't bear to share his habits is a man who needs to...

A man who can't bear to share his habits is a man who needs to...

God is cruel. Sometimes he makes you live.

God is cruel. Sometimes he makes you live.

The devil's voice is sweet to hear.

The devil's voice is sweet to hear.

Fiction is the truth inside the lie.

Fiction is the truth inside the lie.

I am the literary equivalent of a Big Mac and Fries.

I am the literary equivalent of a Big Mac and Fries.

All you need to do is hold on tight...and believe.

All you need to do is hold on tight...and believe.

The mind can calculate, but the spirit yearns, and the heart wants what the heart...

The mind can calculate, but the spirit yearns, and the heart wants what the heart...

We make up horrors to help us cope with the real ones.

We make up horrors to help us cope with the real ones.

When his life was ruined, his family killed, his farm destroyed, Job knelt down on...

When his life was ruined, his family killed, his farm destroyed, Job knelt down on...

Religion often gets credit for curing rascals when old age is the real medicine

Religion often gets credit for curing rascals when old age is the real medicine

I like the silence of a church, before the service begins better than any preaching.

I like the silence of a church, before the service begins better than any preaching.