Roland had taught him that self-deception was nothing but pride in disguise, an indulgence to be denied.
It's how we see the world that keeps the darkness beyond at bay. Keeps it from pouring through and devouring us. I think all of us might know that, way down deep.
People can be stunningly unobservant.
Time's the thief of memory
Wow. This makes grand central look like a bus stop in Buttfuck Nebraska.
The advantage of horror books is to take the reader and cut him out of the pack and work on him one on one. It has its advantages because the people that are there in the movie theater really are a mob. If you get one guy alone you can do a more efficient job of scaring him.