Don’t give me what I ask for, give me what I need.
STEPHEN KINGWanting more is just a recipe for heartache.
More Stephen King Quotes
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You have to stay faithful to what you’re working on.
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The world had teeth and it could bite you with them anytime it wanted.
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In the year 2025, the best men don’t run for president, they run for their lives.
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A little talent is a good thing to have if you want to be a writer. But the only real requirement is the ability to remember every scar.
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Humor is almost always anger with its make-up on.
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Memories are contrary things; if you quit chasing them and turn your back, they often return on their own.
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Optimism is a perfectly legitimate response to failure.
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If a fear cannot be articulated, it can’t be conquered.
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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.
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Go now. Our journey is done. And may we meet again, in the clearing, at the end of the path.
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Now I think all of us were born with a hole in our hearts, and we go around looking for the person who can fill it. You, you fill me up.
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When it comes to the past, everyone writes fiction.
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People with a high tolerance for boredom can get a lot of thinking done.
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It’s funny how close the past is, sometimes. Sometimes it seems as if you could almost reach out and touch it. Only who really wants to?
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Sometimes human places, create inhuman monsters.
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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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You can, you should, and if you’re brave enough to start, you will.
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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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True sorrow is as rare as true love.
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People who try hard to do the right thing always seem mad.
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There is no gain without risk, perhaps no risk without love.
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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.
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Get busy living or get busy dying.
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When all else fails, give up and go to the library.
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Talent is a wonderful thing, but it won’t carry a quitter.
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Hearts can break. Yes, hearts can break. Sometimes I think it would be better if we died when they did, but we don’t.
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