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And because Eddie knew that was only the truth, he said nothing.Stephen King
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What we’ve got here is a lunatic genius ghost-in-the-computer monorail that likes riddles and goes faster than the speed of sound. Welcome to the fantasy version of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.Stephen King
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Jake went in, aware that he had, for the first time in three weeks, opened a door without hoping madly to find another world on the other side. A bell jingled overhead. The mild, spicy smell of old books hit him, and the smell was somehow like coming home.Stephen King
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But it is. It’s something you need, and that’s a long way from nothing. If you need it, Eddie, we need it. What we don’t need is a man who can’t let go of the useless baggage of his memories.Stephen King
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You haven't finished the key, but not because you are afraid to finish. You're afraid of finding you can't finish. You're afraid to go down to where the stones stand, but not because you're afraid of what may come once you enter the circle. You're afraid of what may not come. You're not afraid of the great world, Eddie, but of the small one inside yourself.Stephen King
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He felt like a compass needle. The needle knows nothing about magnetic north; it only knows it must point in a certain direction, like it or not.Stephen King
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This was it, he knew it, was sure of it, this was the door which would take him back–Stephen King
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To do otherwise with a 'prentice was to ask for a second, less playful bite. And who would be to blame for that? Who but the teacher? For was he not training her to bite? Training both of them to bite?Stephen King
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Jake guessed Henry had been pulling shit like this on him so long that Eddie only noticed it when Henry pulled it on someone else — someone like the blonde ticket-seller.Stephen King
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You have come from the shadow of the heroin and the shadow of your brother, my friend. Come from the shadow of yourself, if you dare.Stephen King
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Kill if you will, but command me nothing! ’ the gunslinger roared. ‘You have forgotten the faces of those who made you!Stephen King
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Beating heroin is child's play compared to beating your childhood.Stephen King
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Animals don't know as much about jealousy as people, but they're not ignorant of it, either.Stephen King
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Hi, ’ Jake said. ‘I met you earlier today, but you were a lot younger then.’ ‘I was a lot younger ten minutes ago.Stephen King
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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.Stephen King