3,428 Quotes by Stephen King

Better to be dirty than dead.

She checked her Fitbit again and saw her pulse was now up to one-twenty. She chugged down the rest of her latte, anyway. Living dangerously.

Because that was then and this is now. Because the past is gone, even though it defines the present.

At the end of almost every AA meeting, someone read the Promises. One of these was 'We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it'. Dan thought he would always regret the past, but he had quit trying to shut the door. Why bother, when it would just come open again? The fucking had no latch, let alone a lock.

It was sweet and lovely, that smile, perhaps the more so because it wasn’t complicated by much in the way of thought.

The imitation lives we see on TV and in the movies whisper the idea that human existence consists of revelations and abrupt changes of heart; by the time we’ve reached full adulthood, I think, this is an idea we have on some level come to accept. Such things may happen from time to time, but I think that for the most part it’s a lie. Life’s changes come slowly…the whole idea of curious cats attaining satisfaction seemed slightly absurd. The world rarely finishes its conversations.

Sometimes King Laugh knocks and you're one of those people who can't keep himout," Peter said.

Life is more than just steering a course around pain.

You can lead a whore to culture, but you can't make her think.