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Stephen King Quotes - Page 6

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Hurt's a reason to change, but all the hurt in the world don't change facts.

Hurt's a reason to change, but all the hurt in the world don't change facts.

Hurt, Pain, World

Stephen King (2008). “The Stand”, p.174, Anchor

We fall from womb to tomb, from one blackness and toward another, remembering little of the one and knowing nothing of the other ... except through faith.

Faith, Fall, Knowing Nothing

Stephen King (1985). “Danse Macabre”, Berkley

You want to remember that while you're judging the book, the book is also judging you.

Book, Judging, Want

Stephen King (2008). “Night Shift”, p.162, Anchor

Life turns on a dime. Sometimes towards us, but more often it spins away, flirting and flashing as it goes: so long, honey, it was good while it lasted, wasn’t it?

Flirting, Long, Dimes

Stephen King (2016). “11/22/63: A Novel”, p.510, Simon and Schuster

Books and movies are like apples and oranges. They both are fruit, but taste completely different.

Book, Apples, Orange

Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

Nobody likes a clown at midnight

Likes, Midnight, Clown

Absence may or may not make the heart grow fonder, but it certainly freshens the eye.

Heart, Eye, May

Stephen King (2007). “Everything's Eventual: 14 Dark Tales”, p.327, Simon and Schuster

By the time I was fourteen the nail in my wall would no longer support the weight of the rejection slips impaled upon it. I replaced the nail with a spike and went on writing.

Wall, Writing, Support

Stephen King (2000). “On Writing: A Memoir Of The Craft”, p.24, Simon and Schuster

We never know which lives we influence, or when, or why.

Inspirational, Teacher, Training

Stephen King (2016). “11/22/63: A Novel”, p.585, Simon and Schuster

If we don't have each other, we go crazy with loneliness. When we do, we go crazy with togetherness.

Crazy, Loneliness, Togetherness

Stephen King (2008). “The Stand”, p.667, Anchor

I felt lonely and content at the same time. I believe that is a rare kind of happiness.

Lonely, Believe, Kind

Stephen King (1999). “Bag of Bones”, p.366, Simon and Schuster

Time is a keyhole.... We sometimes bend and peer through it. And the wind we feel on our cheeks when we do--the wind that blows through the keyhole--is the breath of all the living universe.

Time, Blow, Wind

Stephen King (2012). “The Wind Through the Keyhole: A Dark Tower Novel”, p.245, Simon and Schuster

Nobody lives forever, but we all shine on.

Shine On, Shining, Forever

The more you read, the less apt you are to make a fool of yourself with your pen or word processor.

Kings, Writing, Fool

Stephen King (2002). “On Writing”, p.145, Simon and Schuster

A tragedy is a tragedy, and at the bottom, all tragedies are stupid. Give me a choice and I'll take A Midsummer Night's Dream over Hamlet every time. Any fool with steady hands and a working set of lungs can build up a house of cards and then blow it down, but it takes a genius to make people laugh.

Dream, Stupid, Night

"Duma Key". Book by Stephen King, January 22, 2008.

Sometimes [...] real love is silent as well as blind.

Real, Love Is, Sometimes

Stephen King (2008). “The Stand”, p.147, Anchor

God is cruel. Sometimes he makes you live.

Sometimes

A product is something made in a factory; a brand is something that is bought by the customer. A product can be copied by a competitor; a brand is unique. A product can be quickly outdated; a successful brand is timeless.

Successful, Unique, Timeless

A cowardly leader is the most dangerous of men.

Leadership, Men, Vision

Stephen King (2013). “Under the Dome: A Novel”, p.349, Simon and Schuster

A man without a sense of purpose, even one whose bank accounts are stuffed with money, is always a small man.

Men, Purpose, Bank Accounts

Stephen King (2014). “Under the Dome: Part 1: A Novel”, p.462, Simon and Schuster

It's funny how close the past is, sometimes. Sometimes it seems as if you could almost reach out and touch it. Only who really wants to?

Past, Want, Sometimes

Stephen King (2002). “From a Buick 8”, Scribner

They were nice enough people and all, but there wasn't much love in them. Because they were too busy being afraid. Love didn't grow very well in a place where there was only fear, just as plants didn't grow very well in a place where it was always dark.

Fear, Nice, Dark

Stephen King (2008). “The Stand”, p.1452, Anchor

A place is yours when you know where all the roads go.

Knows

A cat won't curry favor even if it's in their best interests to do so. A cat can't be a hypocrite. If more preachers were like cats, this would be a more religious country.

Country, Religious, Hypocrite

Stephen King (2007). “Everything's Eventual: 14 Dark Tales”, p.277, Simon and Schuster

If you say, Well, OK, I don't believe in God. There's no evidence of God, then you're missing the stars in the sky and you're missing the sunrises and sunsets and you're missing the fact that bees pollinate all these crops and keep us alive and the way that everything seems to work together. Everything is sort of built in a way that to me suggests intelligent design.

Stars, Believe, Sunset

"Stephen King On Growing Up, Believing In God And Getting Scared". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. October 31, 2014.

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