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The road to hell is paved with adverbs.
Stephen KingStephen King When all else fails, give up and go to the library.
Stephen KingStephen King Write with the door closed, rewrite with the door open.
Stephen KingStephen King 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.
Stephen KingStephen King When it comes to the past, everyone writes fiction.
Stephen KingStephen King Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free.
Stephen KingStephen King Let me tell you something my friend. Hope is a dangerous thing. Hope can drive a man insane.
Stephen KingStephen King Love, the simplest, strongest, and most unforgiving of all emotions.
Stephen KingStephen King Description begins in the writer’s imagination, but should finish in the reader’s.
Stephen KingStephen King 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 KingStephen King Alone. Yes, that’s the key word, the most awful word in the English tongue. Murder doesn’t hold a candle to it and hell is only a poor synonym.
Stephen KingStephen King If a fear cannot be articulated, it can’t be conquered.
Stephen KingStephen King The world had teeth and it could bite you with them anytime it wanted.
Stephen KingStephen King In the year 2025, the best men don’t run for president, they run for their lives.
Stephen KingStephen King 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 in life.
Stephen KingStephen King It was life, often unsatisfying, frequently cruel, usually boring, sometimes beautiful, once in a while exhilarating.
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Even with broken wings, she dares to fly. And even with a broken heart, she dares to love.
Divya khandalDivya khandal And I refuse to apologize until the very end for the way that I feel – my feelings are valid too.
Carmen AmadosCarmen Amados Contemplate your own mortality daily, then see how much we must change.
Chris AllchinChris Allchin Poetry is the voice of the soul and the inspiration of the heart.
Teresa PeresTeresa Peres We parted sadly, like children in the street on a pleasant june afternoon.
Iestyn TudorIestyn Tudor And what shall I call you? Yours. In this life, the ones before, and all others thereafter.
Alexandra MichelleAlexandra Michelle If I could go back to a time I’d be with you. And I’d thank you again for almost being the healing to my heart.
Aimee C. HoveyAimee C. Hovey I was a living breathing nightmare and he was my favorite dream catcher.
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He must have a long spoon that eats with the devil.
Christopher MarloweChristopher Marlowe What a silly fellow must he be who would do the devil’s work for free.
Henry FieldingHenry Fielding Make money your god, and it will plague you like the devil.
Henry FieldingHenry Fielding He who cannot hate the devil cannot love God.
Joseph GoebbelsJoseph Goebbels Inspiring bold JohnBarleycorn! What dangers thou canst make us scorn! Wi’ usquebae, we’ll face the devil!
Robert BurnsRobert Burns She’s a jesus lover who likes to dance with the devil sometimes.
L.T. PhoenixL.T. Phoenix Dreamy eyes pierce me like thorns, devil in disguise hearts forlorn.
Clare GuintuClare Guintu The devil can only destroy those who are already on their way to damnation.
Geoffrey ChaucerGeoffrey Chaucer