Sitting on the edge Quote by Stephen King

““I’m no a-hole,’ George said, sitting on the edge of Bill’s bed and putting the things he had gathered on the nighttable. ‘Yes you are,’ Bill said. ‘Nothing but a great big brown a-hole, that’s you.’ George tried to imagine a kid who was nothing but a great big a-hole on legs and began to giggle. ‘Your a-hole is bigger than Augusta,’ Bill said, beginning to giggle, too. ‘Your a-hole is bigger than the whole state,’ George replied. This broke both boys up for nearly two minutes.””

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