“People who try hard to do the right thing always seem mad.”
Stephen King book The Stand
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The Stand is a postapocalyptic horror/fantasy novel by American author Stephen King. It expands upon the scenario of his earlier short story "Night Surf", and presents a detailed vision of the total breakdown of society after the accidental release of a strain of influenza that had been modified for biological warfare causes an apocalyptic pandemic, killing off over 99% of the world's population. Published in 1978, The Stand is the fourth and longest novel King published.
“Even the company of the mad was better than the company of the dead.”
Stephen King book The Stand
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“It don't matter if you believe in God Nick, he believes in you.”
Stephen King book The Stand
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“Love didn't grow very well in a place where there was only fear”
Stephen King book The Stand
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“That wasn't any act of God. That was an act of pure human fuckery.”
Stephen King book The Stand
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“Sometimes, he thought, real love is silent as well as blind.”
Stephen King book The Stand
Variant: Sometimes [... ] real love is silent as well as blind.
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