At the end of her life she was aware of heat but not pain. She had time to consider his eyes, eyes of that blue which is the color of the sky at first light of the morning. She had time to think of him on the Drop, riding Rusher flat out with his black hair flying back from his temples and his neckerchief rippling; to see him laughing with an ease and freedom he would never find again in the long life which stretched out for him beyond hers, and it was his laughter she took with her as she went out, fleeing the light and heat in to the silkly, consoling dark, calling to him over and over as she went, calling bird and bear and hare and fish.
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STEPHEN KING He was a poet who sometimes taught Free University classes or travelled in the western states of Uta... STEPHEN KING She's the Queen Bitch of Castle Hell. If you mess with her, she'll eat you alive. STEPHEN KING When asked, "How do you write?" I invariably answer, "One word at a time," and the answer is invaria... STEPHEN KING Get busy living or get busy dying. STEPHEN KING Good books are for consideration after, too. STEPHEN KING And didn't they say that, although curiosity killed the cat, satisfaction brought the beast back? STEPHEN KING Churchbells were calling the faithful to worship, and outside it was a beautiful day STEPHEN KING I know your mother lives in your head - almost everyone's mother does, I guess - but you can't let h... STEPHEN KING I know life is hard, I think everyone knows that in their hearts, but why dos it have to be cruel, a... STEPHEN KING