I've only read three books by Stephen King. When I was 10 I read 'The Long Walk,' one of his pseudonymous Bachman books. In my early 20s, while trapped on a family vacation, I read 'The Dark Half,' which taught me a word I have never forgotten: psychopomp. Now I have read '11/22/63.'
Lev GrossmanThe danger would be going back, or staying still. The only way out was through. The past was ruins, but the present was still in play.
Lev GrossmanYou're saying the gods don't have free will." "The power to make mistakes," Penny said. "Only we have that. Mortals
Lev GrossmanBecoming an author changes your attitude too. Once you see where books come from, and how they're made, they never seem quite as sacred again.
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