Misery

by Stephen King

uneasy compromise which he supposed was relief.

being raped back into life by the woman’s stinking breath.

What a way with words!!!

There was a feeling about her of clots and roadblocks rather than welcoming orifices or even open spaces, areas of hiatus.

Winona!!!

emerged from the dark cloud.

This might be a way to describe the head injury

it was as if he was a character in a story or a play, a character whose history is not recounted like history but created like fiction.

“If you get those legs of yours talking, Paul, they won’t shut up . . .

When it comes to emotional pain, people cant see it and as a result, they may come to all sorts of crazy conclusion about what's really going on

His mind had bifurcated.

hmmm

Again he expected rage and got the indulgent laugh, with its undertones of knowing sadness.

Undertones of knowing sadness? When people dont know what they're talking about and refuse to think they could be wrong, what King writes about here becomes hilarious in it's own way

But she knows she’s right, and so she does her duty. As I am doing mine.”

First you must interpret what you see, then decide what you believe. if you interpret wrong, but believe you're right, my experience tells me that efforts to inform you of the truth will be put through a filter of "are they making an excuse or not?" often times, people are not flexible enough. they are unaware that seemingly small details are the bifurcation point which important decisions often need to be based on.

the marvellous joyful nervy feeling of journey begun.