...and I just didn't want Ilse to be hurt. I thought she was going to be. But everybody gets their share, don't they? Sure. Pow, in the nose. Pow in the eye. Pow, below the belt, down you go, and the ref just went out for a hot dog. Except the ones you love can really multiply that hurt and pass it around. Pain is the biggest power of love. That's what Wireman says.

-Duma Key, Stephen King

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Welcome back. And the tape rolls on and on. As we say. As we always say. Suck thumb. And keep on trucking.

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