3,428 Quotes by Stephen King

Law enforcement: a case of good men doing bad chores.

The back of the seat in front of Richards was a revelation in itself. There was a pocket with a safety handbook in it. In case of air turbulence, fasten your belt. If the cabin loses pressure, pull down the air mask directly over your head. In case of engine trouble, the stewardess will give you further instructions. In case of sudden explosive death, hope you have enough dental fillings to insure identification.

Lisbon Taxi,' a woman said, 'where the mileage is always smileage. How may we help you today?

The simple truth of things is that bad dreams are far better than bad wakings." "Yes. That's so simple that most people overlook it, I think.

Ihre Schulbildung ist ein Quentchen zu gut, um Hackfleisch zu kneten. Das wissen Sie doch, Kumpel, nicht?«»Das stimmt«, sagte Johnny. »Ich habe mich direkt aus dem Arbeitsmarkt hinausgebildet.

I'd not trust sai King much further than I could throw his heaviest grandfather.

He looked at the road quite a lot now. Sometimes the white line was solid, sometimes it was broken, and sometimes it was double like streetcar tracks. He wondered how people could ride over this road all the other days of the year and not see the pattern of life and death in that white paint. Or did they see, after all?

the perfect schizophrenic - if there was such a person - would be a man or woman not only unaware of his other persona(e), but one unaware that anything at all was amiss in his or her life.

Could you control how your mind sorted things? No more than you could control your dreams?