Bag of Bones

by Stephen King

When an imaginative person gets into mental trouble, the line between seeming and being has a way of disappearing.

but any good marriage is secret territory, a necessary white space on society’s map. What others don’t know about it is what makes it yours.

The writing had burned off all thoughts of the real world, at least temporarily. I think that, in the end, that’s what it’s for. Good or bad, it passes the time.