“You think I was born yesterday,' she said. Her lips drew back from her teeth. 'In my job I saw dozens of people die - hundreds, now that I think about it. Sometimes they go screaming and sometimes they go in their sleep - they just slip away, the way you said, sure'.
'But characters in storis DO NOT just slip away! God takes us when He thinks it's time and a writer is God to the people in the story, ..., But as far as Misery goes I'll tell you one thing you dirty bird, I'll tell you that God just happens to have a couple of broken legs and God just happens to be in MY house eating MY food and ... and ...”
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Stephen King,
Misery