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Stephen King Quotes - Page 33

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You know what talent is? The curse of expectation. As a kid you have to deal with that, beat it somehow. If you can write, you think God put you on earth to blow Shakespeare away. Or if you can paint, maybe you think--I

You know what talent is? The curse of expectation. As a kid you have to deal with that, beat it somehow. If you can write, you think God put you on earth to blow Shakespeare away. Or if you can paint, maybe you think--I did--that God put you on earth to blow your father away.

Father, Writing, Kids

Stephen King (2016). “Skeleton Crew”, p.106, Simon and Schuster

There's a Mr. Hyde for every happy Jekyll face, a dark face on the other side of the mirror.

Dark, Mirrors, Jekyll

I like to hang out clothes on windy days. Sometimes that's all I feel like. A sheet on a line.

Clothes, Lines, Sometimes

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

Feel Better, Secret, Littles

That's the day's business. Thinking. Thinking and isolation, because it doesn't matter if you pass the time of day with someone or not; in the end, you're alone. He seemed to have put in as many miles in his brain as he had with his feet. The thoughts kept coming and there was no way to deny them.

Thinking, Feet, Brain

Stephen King (2016). “The Long Walk”, p.99, Simon and Schuster

Even at eleven, he had observed that things turned out right a ridiculous amount of the time.

Ridiculous, Eleven, Amount

Stephen King (1987). “It: 2”, Signet

Stories are artifacts, not really made things which we create and can take credit for, but pre-existing objects which we dig up.

Stories, Credit, Made

Stephen King (2007). “Everything's Eventual: 14 Dark Tales”, p.211, Simon and Schuster

For a woman a man will do many things that he'd turn his back on in an instant when alone; things he'd back away from, nine times out of ten, even when drunk adn with a bunch of his friends egging him on.

Men, Drunk, Nine

And I wonder if there is really any point to what I'm doing, or what I'm supposed to make of a world where a man can get rich playing "let's pretend

Men, World, Wonder

Stephen King (2016). “Different Seasons”, p.458, Simon and Schuster

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

Thinking, People, Stuff

Stephen King (2016). “The Bad Death of Eduard Delacroix”, p.59, Simon and Schuster

So what, ghosts can't hurt you. That's what I thought then.

Hurt, Halloween, Ghost

"Bag of Bones". Book by Stephen King, September 22, 1998.

Sarcastic people tend to be marshmallows underneath the armor

Sarcastic, People, Armor

Stephen King (2016). “11/22/63: A Novel”, p.453, Simon and Schuster

She did not know if her gift came from the lord of light or of darkness, and now, finally finding that she didn't care which, she wad overcome with almost indescribable relief, as if a huge weight, long carried, had slipped from her shoulders.

Light, Long, Darkness

Whenever anything important happens in America, they have to gold-plate it, like baby shoes. That way you can forget it.

Baby, Shoes, America

"Carrie". Book by Stephen King, April 5, 1974.

Do you happen to have another Condom? I think I've discovered the cure for headaches.

Thinking, Headache, Condom

Stephen King (2016). “11/22/63: A Novel”, p.672, Simon and Schuster

I know life is hard, I think everyone knows that in their hearts, but why dos it have to be cruel, as well? Why does it have to bite?

Heart, Thinking, Life Is Hard

Stephen King (2011). “11/22/63”, p.581, Simon and Schuster

I know your mother lives in your head - almost everyone's mother does, I guess - but you can't let her have her way on this one

Mother, Doe, Way

Stephen King (2011). “11/22/63: A Novel”, p.606, Simon and Schuster

The crazy people of the world...shouldn't get to win. If God won't make it better after they do have their shitty little victories, then ordinary people have to. They have to try, at least.

Crazy, Winning, People

Do I know what people say? Sure. I shrug it off. what else can you do? Stop people from talking? You might as well try to stop the wind from blowing.

Talking, Wind, People

Stephen King (2016). “11/22/63: A Novel”, p.27, Simon and Schuster

Pride was the belt you used to hold your pants up when you had no pants.

Pride, Pants, Belts

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.

Home, Sleep, Moon

Stephen King (2016). “11/22/63: A Novel”, p.512, Simon and Schuster

Artistic talent is far more common than the talent to nurture artistic talent.

Common, Artistic, Talent

Stephen King (2016). “11/22/63: A Novel”, p.423, Simon and Schuster

...women are better at keeping secrets, but men are more comfortable with them.

Men, Keeping Secrets, Secret

Stephen King (2011). “11/22/63: A Novel”, p.523, Simon and Schuster

The universe (he said) offers a paradox too great for the finite mind to grasp. As the living brain cannot conceive of a nonliving brain — although it may think it can — the finite mind cannot grasp the infinite.

Thinking, Brain, Mind

Stephen King (2016). “The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger”, p.214, Simon and Schuster

A great whispering noise began to rise in the woods on either side of the tracks, as if the forest had just noticed we were there and was commenting on it.

Track, Whispering, Noise

Stephen King (2016). “Different Seasons: Four Novellas”, p.468, Simon and Schuster

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