Stephen King Quotes

“I'm rightly tired of the pain I hear and feel, boss. I'm tired of bein on the road, lonely as a robin in the rain. Not never havin no buddy to go on with or tell me where we's comin from or goin to or why. I'm tired of people bein ugly to each other. It feels like pieces of glass in my head. I'm tired of all the times I've wanted to help and couldn't. I'm tired of bein in the dark. Mostly it's the pain. There's too much. If I could end it, I would. But I can't.”

“Ridley nodded. 'She told me I couldn't ever tell General Harding or anybody else. Told me I wouldn't be safe.' 'Safe?' Uncle Bob stopped rocking and took the pipe from between his teeth. 'She started in talkin' 'bout you bein' safe, sir?' Ridley nodded again, and that's when Uncle Bob grinned. 'Well, shoot . . . you ain't lost her yet, sir. Not altogether, anyhow. Any female goes to talkin' 'bout you bein' safe . . . hmmph. There still be somethin' left in her heart for ya.”

“You can catch flies with honey, but you catch more honeys bein fly”

“Where's the pleasure in bein' the winner if the loser ain't alive to know they've lost?”

“Marryin' is the one thing people seem to get worse at the more they do it. Well, that and bein' alive.”

“Thank ye."“For what?"“For bein’ who ye are."Gabby chuckled and shook her head, saying, “And who else could I be?”

“Indian believes they ain't but two sins... bein a coward... and turnin agin yer own kind.”

“I'm goin past factories. Boxes of metal with people inside. Souls bein ripped apart.”

“It is most difficult, in my mind, to separate any success, whether it bein your profession, your family, or as in my case, in basketball, fromreligion.”

“They say a reasonable amount o' fleas is good for a dog - it keeps him from broodin' over bein' a dog mebbe.”