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Stephen King

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Stephen King, a master of horror and suspense, has captivated readers with his vivid imagination and compelling storytelling. His quotes reflect his insights on creativity, perseverance, and the human experience, often with a touch of dark humor. Together, they offer inspiration, wisdom, and a glimpse into the mind of one of the most prolific and influential writers of our time.

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For a moment everything was clear, and when that happens you see that the world is barely there at all. Don't we all secretly know this? It's a perfectly balanced mechanism of shouts and echoes pretending to be wheels and cogs, a dreamclock chiming beneath a mystery-glass we call life. Behind it? Below it and around it? Chaos, storms. Men with hammers, men with knives, men with guns. Women who twist what they cannot dominate and belittle what they cannot understand. A universe of horror and loss surrounding a single lighted stage where mortals dance in defiance of the dark.
From 11/22/63
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About halfway through I broke down crying, which I hadn't expected. I was a little ashamed, but only a little;it was her, you see, and she never taxed me with the times that I slipped from the way I thought a man should be...the way I thought I should be, at any rate. A man with a good wife is the luckiest of God's creatures, and one without must be among the most miserable, I think, the only true blessing of their lives that they don't know how poorly off they are.
From The Green Mile
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FEAR stands for fuck everything and run.
From Doctor Sleep
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This inhuman place makes human monsters.
From The Shining
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As with all other aspects of the narrative art, you will improve with practice, but practice will never make you perfect. Why should it? What fun would that be?
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Viața nu e suport pentru artă. Invers stau lucrurile.
From Misterul Regelui - despre scris
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I hope to see my friend and shake his hand. I hope the Pacific is as blue as it has been in my dreams. I hope.
From Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption
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Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work.
From On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
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Fault always lies in the same place: with him weak enough to lay blame.
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And people who don’t dream, who don’t have any kind of imaginative life, they must… they must go nuts. I can’t imagine that.
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Your first impulse is to share good news, your second is to club someone with it.
From The Stand
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The woman who preaches has poison religion. Let the respectable ones go
From The Gunslinger
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Oh shit, the mummy's after us, let's all walk a little faster
From Desperation
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But this wealth of information produced little or no insight.
From The Gunslinger
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The place where you made your stand never mattered. Only that you were there...and still on your feet.
From The Stand
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Every man or woman who loves Him, they hate Him too, because He's a hard God, a jealous God.
From The Stand
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Oh no, praying is great, without it the thumbscrews and the Iron Maiden probably never would have been invented.
From Desperation
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The Lord is my shepherd. I shall not want for nothing. He makes me lie down in the green pastures. He greases up my head with oil. He gives me kung-fu in the face of my enemies. Amen
From The Stand
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People think first love is sweet, and never sweeter than when that first bond snaps. You've heard a thousand pop and country songs that prove the point; some fool got his heart broke. Yet that first broken heart is always the most painful, the slowest to mend, and leaves the most visible scar. What's so sweet about that?
From Joyland
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Why' is a crooked letter and can't be made straight.
From The Gunslinger
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The greatest mystery the universe offers is not life but Size.
From The Gunslinger
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their respect for the mystery--the half-grasped but never spoken idea that maybe, when you got right down to the place where the cheese binds, there is no such thing as marriage, no such thing as union, that each soul stood alone and ultimately defied rationality. That was the mystery.
From Pet Sematary
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Life is more than just steering a course around pain.
From Desperation
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Am I weird?"

"Yeah. But so what? Everybody's weird.
From The Body
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For a moment everything was clear, and when that happens you see that the world is barely there at all. Don't we all secretly know this? It's a perfectly balanced mechanism of shouts and echoes pretending to be wheels and cogs, a dreamclock chiming beneath a mystery-glass we call life. Behind it? Below it and around it? Chaos, storms. Men with hammers, men with knives, men with guns. Women who twist what they cannot dominate and belittle what they cannot understand. A universe of horror and loss surrounding a single lighted stage where mortals dance in defiance of the dark.
From 11/22/63
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About halfway through I broke down crying, which I hadn't expected. I was a little ashamed, but only a little;it was her, you see, and she never taxed me with the times that I slipped from the way I thought a man should be...the way I thought I should be, at any rate. A man with a good wife is the luckiest of God's creatures, and one without must be among the most miserable, I think, the only true blessing of their lives that they don't know how poorly off they are.
From The Green Mile
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FEAR stands for fuck everything and run.
From Doctor Sleep
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This inhuman place makes human monsters.
From The Shining
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As with all other aspects of the narrative art, you will improve with practice, but practice will never make you perfect. Why should it? What fun would that be?
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Viața nu e suport pentru artă. Invers stau lucrurile.
From Misterul Regelui - despre scris
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I hope to see my friend and shake his hand. I hope the Pacific is as blue as it has been in my dreams. I hope.
From Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption
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Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work.
From On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
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Fault always lies in the same place: with him weak enough to lay blame.
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And people who don’t dream, who don’t have any kind of imaginative life, they must… they must go nuts. I can’t imagine that.
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Your first impulse is to share good news, your second is to club someone with it.
From The Stand
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The woman who preaches has poison religion. Let the respectable ones go
From The Gunslinger
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Oh shit, the mummy's after us, let's all walk a little faster
From Desperation
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But this wealth of information produced little or no insight.
From The Gunslinger
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The place where you made your stand never mattered. Only that you were there...and still on your feet.
From The Stand
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Every man or woman who loves Him, they hate Him too, because He's a hard God, a jealous God.
From The Stand
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Oh no, praying is great, without it the thumbscrews and the Iron Maiden probably never would have been invented.
From Desperation
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The Lord is my shepherd. I shall not want for nothing. He makes me lie down in the green pastures. He greases up my head with oil. He gives me kung-fu in the face of my enemies. Amen
From The Stand
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People think first love is sweet, and never sweeter than when that first bond snaps. You've heard a thousand pop and country songs that prove the point; some fool got his heart broke. Yet that first broken heart is always the most painful, the slowest to mend, and leaves the most visible scar. What's so sweet about that?
From Joyland
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Why' is a crooked letter and can't be made straight.
From The Gunslinger
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The greatest mystery the universe offers is not life but Size.
From The Gunslinger
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their respect for the mystery--the half-grasped but never spoken idea that maybe, when you got right down to the place where the cheese binds, there is no such thing as marriage, no such thing as union, that each soul stood alone and ultimately defied rationality. That was the mystery.
From Pet Sematary
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Life is more than just steering a course around pain.
From Desperation
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Am I weird?"

"Yeah. But so what? Everybody's weird.
From The Body
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For a moment everything was clear, and when that happens you see that the world is barely there at all. Don't we all secretly know this? It's a perfectly balanced mechanism of shouts and echoes pretending to be wheels and cogs, a dreamclock chiming beneath a mystery-glass we call life. Behind it? Below it and around it? Chaos, storms. Men with hammers, men with knives, men with guns. Women who twist what they cannot dominate and belittle what they cannot understand. A universe of horror and loss surrounding a single lighted stage where mortals dance in defiance of the dark.
From 11/22/63
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About halfway through I broke down crying, which I hadn't expected. I was a little ashamed, but only a little;it was her, you see, and she never taxed me with the times that I slipped from the way I thought a man should be...the way I thought I should be, at any rate. A man with a good wife is the luckiest of God's creatures, and one without must be among the most miserable, I think, the only true blessing of their lives that they don't know how poorly off they are.
From The Green Mile
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FEAR stands for fuck everything and run.
From Doctor Sleep
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This inhuman place makes human monsters.
From The Shining
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As with all other aspects of the narrative art, you will improve with practice, but practice will never make you perfect. Why should it? What fun would that be?
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Viața nu e suport pentru artă. Invers stau lucrurile.
From Misterul Regelui - despre scris
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I hope to see my friend and shake his hand. I hope the Pacific is as blue as it has been in my dreams. I hope.
From Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption
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Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work.
From On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
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Fault always lies in the same place: with him weak enough to lay blame.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
And people who don’t dream, who don’t have any kind of imaginative life, they must… they must go nuts. I can’t imagine that.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Your first impulse is to share good news, your second is to club someone with it.
From The Stand
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The woman who preaches has poison religion. Let the respectable ones go
From The Gunslinger
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Oh shit, the mummy's after us, let's all walk a little faster
From Desperation
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But this wealth of information produced little or no insight.
From The Gunslinger
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The place where you made your stand never mattered. Only that you were there...and still on your feet.
From The Stand
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Every man or woman who loves Him, they hate Him too, because He's a hard God, a jealous God.
From The Stand
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Oh no, praying is great, without it the thumbscrews and the Iron Maiden probably never would have been invented.
From Desperation
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The Lord is my shepherd. I shall not want for nothing. He makes me lie down in the green pastures. He greases up my head with oil. He gives me kung-fu in the face of my enemies. Amen
From The Stand
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People think first love is sweet, and never sweeter than when that first bond snaps. You've heard a thousand pop and country songs that prove the point; some fool got his heart broke. Yet that first broken heart is always the most painful, the slowest to mend, and leaves the most visible scar. What's so sweet about that?
From Joyland
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Why' is a crooked letter and can't be made straight.
From The Gunslinger
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The greatest mystery the universe offers is not life but Size.
From The Gunslinger
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their respect for the mystery--the half-grasped but never spoken idea that maybe, when you got right down to the place where the cheese binds, there is no such thing as marriage, no such thing as union, that each soul stood alone and ultimately defied rationality. That was the mystery.
From Pet Sematary
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Life is more than just steering a course around pain.
From Desperation
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Am I weird?"

"Yeah. But so what? Everybody's weird.
From The Body
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