By and large... the good's an illusion, little fables folks tell themselves so they can get through their days without screaming too much.
Stephen KingI realized the shells were talking in a voice I recognized. I should have; it was my own. Had I always known that? I suppose I had. On some level, unless we're mad, I think most of us know the various voices of our own imaginations. And of our memories, of course. They have voices, too. Ask anyone who has ever lost a limb or a child or a long-cherished dream. Ask anyone who blames himself for a bad decision, usually made in a raw instant (an instant that is most commonly red). Our memories have voices, too. Often sad ones that clamor like raised arms in the dark.
Stephen KingRoland had taught him that self-deception was nothing but pride in disguise, an indulgence to be denied.
Stephen King