3,428 Quotes by Stephen King

Like some dogs: kick them once and they never trust you again, no matter how nice you are to them.

Desnuda a un escritor, señala sus cicatrices y te contará la historia de cada una de ellas, incluyendo las más pequeñas. De las grandes se sacan novelas, no amnesia. Es bueno tener un poco de talento si quieres ser escritor, pero el único requisito auténtico es la habilidad para recordar la historia de cada cicatriz... El arte consiste en la persistencia de cada memoria.

She laughed at the stars, frightened but free, her terror as sharp as pain and as sweet as a ripe October apple

It's instinct, babe . . . and I guess I believe instinct's the iron skeleton under all our ideas of free will.

A kid of your age—any kid—could get hold of matches if she wanted to, burn up the house or whatever. But not many do. Why would they want to?

Sorry is the Kool-Aid of human emotions. It’s what you say when you spill a cup of coffee or throw a gutter ball when you’re bowling with the girls in the league. True sorrow is as rare as true love.

They'll float," it growled, "they float, Georgie, and when you're down here with me, you'll float, too-

The boat dipped and swayed and sometimes took on water, but it did not sink; the two brothers had waterproofed it well. I do not know where it finally fetched up, if it ever did; perhaps it reached the sea and sails there forever, like a magic boat in a fairytale. All I know is that it was still afloat and still running on the breast of the flood when it passed te incorporated town limits of Derry, Maine, and there it passes out of this tale forever.

We all float down here Timmy