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Take the dead from the dead, the old proverb said; only a corpse may speak true prophecy. (Stephen King)
He understood well enough how a man with a choice between pride and responsibility will almost always choose pride--if responsibility robs him of his manhood. View quote
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Dead was the gift that kept on giving. Dead, like diamonds, was forever. View quote
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When the dawn was still long hours away, bad thoughts took on flesh and began to walk. In the middle of the night thoughts became zombies. View quote
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There will be water if God wills it. View quote
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I think reality is thin, you know, thin as lake ice after a thaw, and we fill our lives with noise and light and motion to hide that thinness from ourselves. View quote
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Anyone who thinks impressions of old movie actors is funny absolutely cannot be trusted. I think it's like a law of nature. View quote
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Kill if you will, but command me nothing! View quote
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By the time I was fourteen the nail in my wall would no longer support the weight of the rejection slips impaled upon it. I replaced the nail with a spike and went on writing. View quote
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The wind makes you ache is some place that is deeper than your bones. It may be that it touches something old in the human soul, a chord of race memory that says Migrate or die - migrate or die. View quote
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Ka works and the world moves on. (Stephen King)
There is no such thing as a happy ending. I never met a single one to equal "Once upon a time. View quote
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Time apparently did nothing but blunt grief's sharpest edge so that it hacked rather than sliced. View quote
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Although emotionally delicate and eminently bruisable, teenagers are short on empathy. That comes later in life, if it comes at all. View quote
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This is a short book because most books about writing are filled with bullshit. View quote
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There came a time when you realised that moving on was pointless. That you took yourself with you wherever you went. View quote
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Outside, daylight was bleeding slowly toward dusk. View quote
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... it was more like bleeding than crying. View quote
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Life is a wheel, and it always comes back around to where it started. View quote
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For most of us, I think it's easier to admit doing wrong than being stupid. View quote
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The world was the Overlook Hotel, where the party never ended. Where the dead were alive forever. (Stephen King)
He found himself still with too many questions and not enough answers. View quote
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Mrs. Cole was a perfect democrat. She hated all kids equally. View quote
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Time slowed and reality bent; on and on the eggman went. View quote
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Want a Coke?” Abra asked. "Sugar solves lots of problems, that's what I think. View quote
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