1922

by Stephen King

I believe that there is another man inside of every man, a stranger, a Conniving Man.

The Bible says that an ungrateful child is like a serpent’s tooth, but a nagging and ungrateful Wife is ever so much sharper than that.

a good distance for a separation which is not quite a divorce yet signifies a dissolving of the marital corporation.

The rage in his eyes was of the raw, pure sort that only adolescents can feel. It is rage that doesn’t count the cost.

And is there Hell, or do we make our own on earth?

Very young men cannot help but put their first loves on pedestals,

This is a ghost story, but the ghost was there even before the woman it belonged to died.

loving eyes can never see,

And if you don’t understand why—all the reasons why—then reading this is of no use to you.