Stephen King: Cytaty po angielsku (strona 2)

“Writing is magic, as much the water of life as any other creative art. The water is free. So drink. Drink and be filled up.”

“As a species we're fundamentally insane. Put more than two of us in a room, we pick sides and start dreaming up reasons to kill one another. Why do you think we invented politics and religion?”

“Sarcastic people tend to be marshmallows underneath the armor”

“God always punishes us for what we can't imagine.”

“I dreamed of you. I dreamed you were wandering in the dark, and so was I. We found each other. We found each other in the dark.”

“Love among the ruins… I'll tell you something, my friend: Weird love's better than no love at all.”

“It's only a little secret, but having a secret makes me feel better. Like a human being again.”

“Come on, big guy. Let's go for a ride. Let's cruise.”

“Books are a uniquely portable magic.”

“If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.”

“Books are the perfect entertainment: no commercials, no batteries, hours of enjoyment for each dollar spent. What I wonder is why everybody doesn't carry a book around for those inevitable dead spots in life.”

“When his life was ruined, his family killed, his farm destroyed, Job knelt down on the ground and yelled up to the heavens, "Why God? Why me?" and the thundering voice of God answered, "There's just something about you that pisses me off".”

“Good books don't give up all their secrets at once.”

“You can, you should, and if you’re brave enough to start, you will.”

“I think that we're all mentally ill. Those of us outside the asylums only hide it a little better - and maybe not all that much better after all.”

“If you liked being a teenager, there's something really wrong with you.”

“Alone. Yes, that's the key word, the most awful word in the English tongue. Murder doesn't hold a candle to it and hell is only a poor synonym.”

“Speaking personally, you can have my gun, but you'll take my book when you pry my cold, dead fingers off of the binding.”

“The thing under my bed waiting to grab my ankle isn't real. I know that, and I also know that if I'm careful to keep my foot under the covers, it will never be able to grab my ankle.”