“Was there ever a trap to match the trap of love?”
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"The Gunslinger" is a fantasy novella by American writer Stephen King, originally published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction in October 1978. In 1982, "The Gunslinger" was collected with four other stories King published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction as The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger. "The Gunslinger" formed the first chapter of the book, and was slightly revised for the inclusion.
“Do any men grow up or do they only come of age?”
Stephen King book The Gunslinger
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“Friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of regard.”
Stephen King book The Gunslinger
Variant: Only enemies speak the truth; friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty.
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“Why' is a crooked letter and can't be made straight.”
Stephen King book The Gunslinger
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“Beyond the reach of human rage
A drop of hell, a touch of strange…”
Stephen King book The Gunslinger
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“The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.”
Stephen King book The Gunslinger
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“First comes smiles, then lies. Last is gunfire.-Roland Deschain, of Gilead”
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“The mystery of the universe is not time but size.”
Stephen King book The Gunslinger
Variant: The greatest mystery the universe offers is not life but Size.
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“Once again there was the desert, and that only.”
Stephen King book The Gunslinger
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“where the world ends is where you must begin”
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“the man in black travels with your soul in his pocket.”
Stephen King book The Gunslinger
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“They had discovered one could grow as hungry for light as for food.”
Stephen King book The Gunslinger
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“They were close to the end of the beginning…”
Stephen King book The Gunslinger
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