Stephen King: Idézetek angolul (oldal 27)

“He lay back, put his arm over his eyes, and tried to hold onto the anger, because the anger made him feel brave. A brave man could think. A coward couldn't.”

“There is no such thing as a happy ending. I never met a single one to equal "Once upon a time.”

“Because things can get better, and if you give them a chance, they usually do.”

“Time apparently did nothing but blunt grief’s sharpest edge so that it hacked rather than sliced.”

“Although emotionally delicate and eminently bruisable, teenagers are short on empathy. That comes later in life, if it comes at all.”

“This is a short book because most books about writing are filled with bullshit.”

“They say that loving eyes can never see, but that's a fool's axiom. Sometimes, they see too much”

“There came a time when you realised that moving on was pointless. That you took yourself with you wherever you went.”

“Outside, daylight was bleeding slowly toward dusk.”

“… it was more like bleeding than crying.”

“But sooner or later the last good time would come around. It does for all of us.”

“(opening lines) The terror, which would not end for another 28 years-if it ever did end-began, so far as I know or can tell, with a boat made from a sheet of newspaper floating down a gutter swollen with rain.”

“It was easier to be brave when you were someone else.”

“For most of us, I think it's easier to admit doing wrong than being stupid.”

“Ninety-eight percent of what goes on in people's heads is none of their smucking business.”

“Definition Of A Wanderer: A guy who's always looking beyond”

“The world was the Overlook Hotel, where the party never ended. Where the dead were alive forever.”

“He found himself still with too many questions and not enough answers.”

“Oh, about beer I never lie. A man who lies about beer makes enemies.”