He who speaks without an attentive ear is mute.
First comes smiles, then lies. Last is gunfire.-Roland Deschain, of Gilead
Death was no less a miracle than birth.
Dancing is life.
But it's writing, damn it, not washing the car or putting on eyeliner. If you can take it seriously, we can do business. If you can't or won't, it's time for you to close the book and do something els...
Beyond the reach of human rage A drop of hell, a touch of strange ...
Because things can get better, and if you give them a chance, they usually do.
Andy Dufresne: 'That's the beauty of music. They can't get that from you...haven't you ever felt that way about music?'Red: 'I played a mean harmonica as a younger man. Lost interest in it though. Did...
And the most terrifying question of all may be just how much horror the human mind can stand and still maintain a wakeful, staring, unrelenting sanity.
A person’s never too old for stories. Man and boy, girl and woman, we live for them. - Roland Deschain
The things a man sees when he ain't got a gun.--Watson the Caretaker
Books are the perfect entertainment: no commercials, no batteries, hours of enjoyment for each dollar spent. What I wonder is why everybody doesn't carry a book around for those inevitable dead spots...
When asked, "How do you write?" I invariably answer, "One word at a time," and the answer is invariably dismissed. But that is all it is. It sounds too simple to be true, but consider the Great Wall o...
I don't care so much about what you can stand or what you can manage as I do about what you like and want to have. Those are the kinds of things I want to give you, because I'm crazy about you.
Fault always lies in the same place: with him weak enough to lay blame.
You learned to accept, or you ended up in a small room writing letters home with Crayolas.
Where you think I’m goan?’ ‘Well,’ Eddie said, ‘what was behind Door Number One wasn’t so hot, and what was behind Door Number Two was even worse, so now, instead of quitting like sane people, we’re g...
Wendy? Darling? Light, of my life. I'm not gonna hurt ya. I'm just going to bash your brains in.
We never know which lives we influence, or when, or why. Not until the future eats the present, anyway. We know when it's too late.
The thought process can never be complete without articulation.