Created at: 2026-01-03
In a humble heap of ~450 pages The Green Mile is probably one of the smallest Stephen King's book that I will read.
Now to accompany the reading I have to re-watch the movie, which I probably (barely) watched when I was about 10 years old or so.
But people love a hypocrite, you know—they recognize one of their own,
Peeing outdoors is one joy of country living the poets never quite got around
some of it’s how he acts like he’s King Shit of Turd Mountain, but mostly it’s that he’s sneaky, and he likes to hurt.
As with most dirty jobs, however, the hardest part is just getting started. It doesn’t matter to an engine whether you use the key or have to crank; once you get it going, it’ll usually run just as sweet either way.
“Well, if it ain’t the big boss,” he said. “Big as life and twice as ugly. You look happier’n a pig knee-deep in shit, Boss Edgecombe. Wife give your pecker a pull before you left home, did she?”
There was so much tension in the air that I felt I could almost have carved it like clay, and the only people who didn’t seem to feel it were Percy and Wild Bill.
All in all, the uproar lasted about two weeks. During that time I didn’t dare fart sideways,