--- title: "5 Burning Quotes By Stephen King" description: "5 Burning quotes by Stephen King. Plus more from Stephen King and more Burning sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce9/stephen-king-13_breathless_one-night-when-my-longing-for-her-was-li_1935893.jpg" --- > [One night when my longing for her was like a fire burning out of control in my heart and my head, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/one-night-when-my-longing-for-her-was-like-a-fire-burning-out-of/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce9/stephen-king-13_breathless_one-night-when-my-longing-for-her-was-li_1935893.jpg) > [The sun was a molten coin burning a circle in the low-hanging overcast, surrounded by a fairy-ring of moisture.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/the-sun-was-a-molten-coin-burning-a-circle-in-the-low-hanging/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba9/stephen-king-13_burning_the-sun-was-a-molten-coin-burning-a-circ_2182506.jpg) > [Semi-automatic s have only two purposes. One is so owners can take them to the shooting range once in a while, yell…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/semi-automatic-s-have-only-two-purposes-one-is-so-owners-can-take/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b27/stephen-king-13_barrels_semi-automatic-s-have-only-two-purposes_2204953.jpg) > [She is a cat with a burning tail, an ant under a microscope, a fly about to lose its wings to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/she-is-a-cat-with-a-burning-tail-an-ant-under-a-microscope-a-fly/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/760/stephen-king-13_ants_she-is-a-cat-with-a-burning-tail-an-ant_2306402.jpg) > [“At the end of her life she was aware of heat but not pain. She had time to consider his eyes, eyes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/at-the-end-of-her-life-she-was-aware-of-heat-but-not-pain-she-had/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c96/stephen-king-13_black-hair_at-the-end-of-her-life-she-was-aware-of_2514769.jpg) ## Other authors on Burning ## More by Stephen King > [Shall there be truth between us, as two men? Not as friends, but as enemies and equals?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/shall-there-be-truth-between-us-as-two-men-not-as-friends-but-as/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) > [The worst advice? 'Don't listen to the critics.' I think that you really ought to listen to the critics, because sometimes they're telling you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/the-worst-advice-don-t-listen-to-the-critics-i-think-that-you-really/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) > [“October 3, 2017 The clown, Hagarty said, looked like a cross between Ronald McDonald and that old TV clown, Bozo—or so he thought at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/october-3-2017-the-clown-hagarty-said-looked-like-a-cross-between/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) > [“Eddie saw great things and near misses. Albert Einstein as a child, not quite struck by a run-away milk-wagon as he crossed a street.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/eddie-saw-great-things-and-near-misses-albert-einstein-as-a-child-not/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) > [It hurt, of course, but more often than not the best things do, I've found.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/it-hurt-of-course-but-more-often-than-not-the-best-things-do-i-ve/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) > [“The idea that creative endeavor and mind-altering substances are entwined is one of the great pop-intellectual myths of our time... Creative people probably do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/the-idea-that-creative-endeavor-and-mind-altering-substances-are/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) > [“The sun had burned through and the day had gone from dull to dazzling, yet in the west blask-satin thunderheads continued to stack up.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/the-sun-had-burned-through-and-the-day-had-gone-from-dull-to-dazzling/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) > [“God, you had enough time to have been through it three times. You've been through my stuff. I bet you over and let one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/god-you-had-enough-time-to-have-been-through-it-three-times-you-ve/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) > [“Flakes of snow swirled and danced across the porch. The Overlook faced it as it had for nearly three-quarters of a century, its darkened…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/flakes-of-snow-swirled-and-danced-across-the-porch-the-overlook-faced/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) > [“In that instant it all seemed to come clear to him- it came in a grisly flash of light, and he realized that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/in-that-instant-it-all-seemed-to-come-clear-to-him-it-came-in-a/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) > [Who gets to be best-liked in any community? Who is the most trusted? Why, the man who does the dirty job, of course, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/who-gets-to-be-best-liked-in-any-community-who-is-the-most-trusted/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) > [“¿Lo ves, tonto? Volvió a regañarse. Tú lo inventaste todo, gato asustado. No fue más que tu imaginación, gato asustado, gato asustado... No te…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/lo-ves-tonto-volvi-a-rega-arse-t-lo-inventaste-todo-gato-asustado-no/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) > [“Death . . . but not for you. That was what Walter, clever as Satan even at the end, had said. A lawyer’s answer . . . so close to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/death-but-not-for-you-that-was-what-walter-clever-as-satan-even-at/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) > [The ghost story movie that scared me the most was The Changeling with George C. Scott. I think that's sometimes overlooked, but it's a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/the-ghost-story-movie-that-scared-me-the-most-was-the-changeling-with/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) > [“Climb aboard, Jonesy. I'm going to send you up where the air is rare and the view is much more than fair.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/climb-aboard-jonesy-i-m-going-to-send-you-up-where-the-air-is-rare/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/burning/stephen-king/#itemlist", "name": "5 Burning Quotes By Stephen King", "numberOfItems": 5, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "One night when my longing for her was like a fire burning out of control in my heart and my head, I wrote her a letter that just seemed to go on and on. I poured out my whole heart in it, never looking back to see what I'd said because I was afraid cowardice would make me stop. 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