3,428 Quotes by Stephen King

Sometimes dead is better

What he knows now is that guilt isn’t the only reason people commit suicide. Sometimes you can just get bored with afternoon TV.

Any good marriage is secret territory, a necessary white space on society’s map. What others don’t know about it is what makes it yours.

It was only later, replaying the scene in her mind again and again, that she began to believe it was the expression of a man who was methodically unplugging himself from reality, one cord at a time. The face of a man who was heading out of the blue and into the black.

I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was 12 - Jesus, did you?

It doesn't have to be the last good time. But sooner or later the last good time would come around. It does for all of us.

I know how bad you boys feel, but the sun will still come up tomorrow. And when it does, you 'll feel better. When the sun comes up the day after tomorrow, a little better still. This is just a part of your life, and it's over. It would have been better to win, but either way, it's over. Life will go on.

Having someone who believes in you makes a lot of difference. They don't have to make speeches. Just believing is usually enough.

Friends come in and out of our lives, like busboys in a restaurant.