Stephen King Quotes

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“Everyone needs a hobby,” he said. “And everyone needs a miracle or two, just to prove life is more than just one long trudge from the cradle to the grave.”

“Death was no less a miracle than birth.”

“In the end we are all caught in devices of our own making. I believe that. In the end we are all caught.”

“everyone is dead and this is hell.”

“But still, sometimes, in the heart of winter when the light outside seemed yellow- sleepy, like a cat curled up on a sofa…”

“Any parting could be forever, and we don't know.”

“Lying in the bed that had once held two, Lisey thought alone never felt more lonely than when you woke up and discovered you still had the house to yourself. That you and the mice in the walls were the only ones still breathing.”

“Sometimes the only thing to do is to take the thing that you must have. Even if someone gets hurt.”

“And when there are enough outsiders together in one place, a mystic osmosis takes place and you're inside.”

“As infants, our first victory comes in grasping some bit of the world, usually our mother's fingers. Later we discover that the world, and the things of the world, are grasping us, and have been all along.”

“God doesn't bribe, child. He just makes a sign and lets people take it as they will.”

“It's alright to feel fear, but sometimes a very bad idea to show it.”

“The family exists for many reasons, but its most basic function may be to draw together after a member dies.”

“Above, the stars shone hard and bright, sparks struck off the dark skin of the universe.”

“I’m the Turtle, son. I made the universe, but please don’t blame me for it; I had a belly-ache.”

“Once again there was the desert, and that only.”

“The last good time always comes, and when you see the darkness creeping toward you, you hold on to what was bright and good. You hold on for dear life.”

“The world, although well-lighted with fluorescents and incandescent bulbs and neon, is still full of odd dark corners and unsettling nooks and crannies.”

“Memory is the basis of every journey.”

“When you put on a clown suit and a rubber nose, nobody has any idea what you look like inside.”

“There may be fairies, there may be elves, but God helps those who help themselves.”

“If,' Roland said. 'An old teacher of mine used to call it the only word a thousand letters long.”

“You discarded most of the lies along the way but held on to the one that said life mattered.”

“In these silences, something may rise”

“A change is as good as a rest.”

“It'll be your damnation, boy. You'll wear out a hundred pairs of boots on your way to hell.”

“I guess when you turn off the main road, you have to be prepared to see some funny houses.”

“stop now before i kill you
a word to the wise from your friend
PENNYWISE”

“Time continued to pass - the oldest trick in the world, and maybe the only one that really is magic.”

“It was the kiss by which all the others of his life would be judged and found wanting.”

“Home is watching the moon rise over the open, sleeping land and having someone you can call to the window, so you can look together. Home is where you dance with others, and dancing is life.”

“Life turns on a dime.”

“Laughter, Susannah would later reflect, is like a hurricane: once it reaches a certain point, it becomes self-feeding, self-supporting. You laugh not because theare funny but because your ownis funny.”

“Like some dogs: kick them once and they never trust you again, no matter how nice you are to them.”

“Symbolism exists to adorn and enrich, not to create an artificial sense of profundity.”

“Fools are the only folk on the earth who can absolutely count on getting what they deserve.”

“A man with a good wife is the luckiest of God's creatures…”

“the late afternoon sunlight, warm as oil, sweet as childhood…”

“Shall there be truth between us, as two men? Not as friends, but as enemies and equals?”

“Give a man or woman back his self-respect, and in most cases-not all, but most-you also give back that person's ability to think with at least some clarity.”

“I think that's what people most always do with the stuff they can't make out - just forget it.”

“How many have to die before we will give up these dangerous toys?”

“What is writing? Writing is telepathy.”

“French is the language that turns dirt into romance.”

“What you buy is what you own, and sooner or later what you own will come back to you.”

“Silent white light filled the world. And the righteous and unrighteous alike were consumed in that holy fire.”

“A good novelist does not lead his characters, he follows them. A good novelist does not create events, he watches them happen and then writes down what he sees.”

“A dimwit thinks nothing is funny unless it's mean.”

“Seven, Richie thought. That's the magic number. There has to be seven of us. That's the way it's supposed to be.”