The Dead Zone

by Stephen King

But when you think, think about this: some things are better not seen, and some things are better lost than found.”

He is a mechanic of the brain. He has cut it to pieces with his scalpel and found no soul. Therefore there is none. Like the Russian astronauts who circled the earth and did not see God. It is the empiricism of the mechanic, and a mechanic is only a child with superior motor control.

‘The man who senses the wind of change should build not a windbreak but a windmill.’

It was a funny thing about Christmas decorations. There weren’t many things that remained intact year after year as a person grew up. Not many lines of continuity, not many physical objects that could easily serve both the states of childhood and adulthood.

“It’s his fault, that guy there! He made it happen! He set it on fire by his mind, just like in that book Carrie. You murderer! Killer! You…”

We all do what we can, and it has to be good enough… and if it isn’t good enough, it has to do.