Stephen King
Stephen King
Stephen Edwin Kingis an American author of contemporary horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, science fiction, and fantasy. His books have sold more than 350 million copies, many of which have been adapted into feature films, miniseries, television shows, and comic books. King has published 54 novels, including seven under the pen name Richard Bachman, and six non-fiction books. He has written nearly 200 short stories, most of which have been collected in book collections. Many of his stories are set in...
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth21 September 1947
CityPortland, ME
You said 'God is cruel' the way a person who's lived his whole life on Tahiti might say 'Snow is cold'. You knew, but you didn't understand." He stepped close to David and put his palms on the boy's cold cheeks. "Do you know how cruel your God can be, David. How fantastically cruel?
God always punishes us for what we can't imagine.
the only mortal sin is giving up.
He was a romantic in his own harsh way…yet he was also realist enough to know that some times love actually did conquer all.
Your hair is winter fire January embers My heart burns there, too.
We all float down here!
It's a long way back to Eden, Sweetheart, so don't sweat the small stuff.
She felt like someone who drowns remembering what it was like to still be on the boat, so calm and at ease, so carelessly safe
It was like drowning, only from the inside out.
Dead fields under a November sky, scattered rose petals brown and turning up at the edges, empty pools scummed with algae, rot, decomposition, dust...
and then woe is you, Pauly. Woe to the max.
I am in trouble here. This woman is not right.
Some guys-a lot of guys-don't believe what they are seeing, especially if it gets in the way of what they want to eat or drink or believe. Me, I don't believe in God. But if i saw him, I would. I wouldn't just go around saying, "Jesus, that was a great special effect." The definition of an asshole is a guy who doesn't believe what he's seeing.
The mystery of the universe is not time but size.