"Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win."
"As infants, our first victory comes in grasping some bit of the world, usually our mother's fingers. Later we discover that the world, and the things of the world, are grasping us, and have been all along."
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Source: Stephen King (2008). “Just After Sunset: Stories”, p.220, Simon and Schuster
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