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.
STEPHEN KINGWe lie best when we lie to ourselves.
More Stephen King Quotes
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Hurt’s a reason to change, but all the hurt in the world don’t change facts.
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Friends don’t spy; true friendship is about privacy, too.
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Description begins in the writer’s imagination, but should finish in the reader’s.
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Don’t give me what I ask for, give me what I need.
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What we like to think of ourselves and what we really are rarely have much in common.
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No one ever does live happily ever after, but we leave the children to find that out for themselves.
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It’s hard to let go. Even when what you’re holding onto is full of thorns, it’s hard to let go. Maybe especially then.
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We lie best when we lie to ourselves.
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I think that we’re all mentally ill. Those of us outside the asylums only hide it a little better – and maybe not all that much better after all.
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It was the possibility of darkness that made the day seem so bright.
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No good friends, no bad friends; only people you want, need to be with. People who build their houses in your heart.
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I dreamed of you. I dreamed you were wandering in the dark, and so was I. We found each other. We found each other in the dark.
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Discipline and constant work are the whetstones upon which the dull knife of talent is honed until it becomes sharp enough, hopefully, to cut through even the toughest meat and gristle.
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It was life, often unsatisfying, frequently cruel, usually boring, sometimes beautiful, once in a while exhilarating.
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Sooner or later even the fastest runners have to stand and fight.
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People who try hard to do the right thing always seem mad.
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French is the language that turns dirt into romance.
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True sorrow is as rare as true love.
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If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot.
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The trust of the innocent is the liar’s most useful tool.
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A short story is a different thing altogether – a short story is like a quick kiss in the dark from a stranger.
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The brain is a muscle that can move the world.
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Love, the simplest, strongest, and most unforgiving of all emotions.
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People with a high tolerance for boredom can get a lot of thinking done.
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To write is human, to edit is divine.
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Optimism is a perfectly legitimate response to failure.
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