Roland could not understand why anyone would want cocaine or any other illegal drug, for that matter, in a world where such a powerful one as sugar was so plentiful and cheap.

“The sun was a molten coin burning a circle in the low-hanging overcast, surroun…”

“The soil of a man’s heart is stonier; a man grows what he can and tends it.”

“First comes smiles, then lies. Last is gunfire.-Roland Deschain, of Gilead”

“How else could he go on, except with merciful incomprehension held before him l…”