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Pride, that invisible bone that keeps the neck stiff.

Pride, that invisible bone that keeps the neck stiff.

Stephen King
Pride, Necks, Bones
Stephen King (2016). “The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger”, p.86, Simon and Schuster

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

Stephen King
Pride, Pants, Belts

He understood well enough how a man with a choice between pride and responsibility will almost always choose pride--if responsibility robs him of his manhood.

Stephen King
Running, Responsibility, Pride
Stephen King (2016). “The Running Man”, p.126, Simon and Schuster

Roland had taught him that self-deception was nothing but pride in disguise, an indulgence to be denied.

Stephen King
Pride, Self, Deception
Stephen King, Michael Whelan (2004). “The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower”, p.109, Simon and Schuster

A little arrogance (or even a lot) isn't such a bad thing, although your mother undoubtedly told you different. Mine did. "Pride goeth before a fall, Stephen", she said... and then I found out - right around the age that is 19 x 2 - that eventually you fall down, anyway.

Stephen King
Mother, Fall, Pride
Stephen King (2016). “The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass”, p.13, Simon and Schuster

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