He felt as he always did when he finished a book - queerly empty, let down, aware that for each little success he had paid a toll of absurdity. (Stephen King)

He felt as he always did when he finished a book - queerly empty, let down, aware that for each little success he had paid a toll of absurdity.

Stephen King

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