3,428 Quotes by Stephen King

Because there was an abyss. And books contained magical incantations to raise what was hidden there, all the great mysteries. For Luke, those mysteries mattered. Someday in the future, he might write books of his own. But here the only future was Back Half. Here, the future of existence was, 'What good would it do?

Love, the simplest, strongest, and most unforgiving of all emotions.

Good! he wanted to cry out to her. Good! Because you only had to see it! I had to wear it!

She ran out of her marriage the way a woman can run out of a pair of sandals when she decides to let go and really dash.

By the time he was done with the deer it had been dark three hours and his bad leg was singing 'Ave Maria'.

Every man or woman who loves [God], they hate Him too, because He's a hard God, a jealous God, He Is, what He Is, and in this world He's apt to repay service with pain while those who do evil ride over the roads in Cadillac cars. Even the joy of serving Him is a bitter joy.

A harag nagyszerű üzemanyag, ha az ember jól finomítja.

Frank (...) továbbra is eljárt a terápiás ülésekre. A hír terjedt, és egyre több férfi jelent meg, az alagsorban a székek fele már foglalt volt. Azt mondták, "változást akarnak". Azt mondták, "rendbe akarják hozni az életüket". Azt mondták, "nem akarnak mindig ilyen kibaszott idegesek lenni".

The horror had been articulated; it was out; its face had been drawn and could be regarded. Now, even if it could not be changed, it could at least be wept over.