--- title: "18 Forever Quotes By Stephen King" description: "18 Forever quotes by Stephen King. Plus more from Stephen King and more Forever sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6eb/stephen-king-13_forever_nobody-lives-forever-but-we-all-shine-on_2601421.jpg" --- > [Nobody lives forever, but we all shine on.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/nobody-lives-forever-but-we-all-shine-on/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6eb/stephen-king-13_forever_nobody-lives-forever-but-we-all-shine-on_2601421.jpg) > [Dead was the gift that kept on giving. Dead, like diamonds, was forever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/dead-was-the-gift-that-kept-on-giving-dead-like-diamonds-was-forever/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b0/stephen-king-13_diamond_dead-was-the-gift-that-kept-on-giving-de_1580090.jpg) > [Black as night and as beautiful as forever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/black-as-night-and-as-beautiful-as-forever/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d1/stephen-king-13_beautiful_black-as-night-and-as-beautiful-as-forev_1395727.jpg) > [Any parting could be forever, and we don't know.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/any-parting-could-be-forever-and-we-don-t-know/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/40c/stephen-king-13_forever_any-parting-could-be-forever-and-we-don_2777274.jpg) > [“What you write down sometimes leaves you forever, like old photographs left in the bright sun, fading to nothing but white. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/what-you-write-down-sometimes-leaves-you-forever-like-old-photographs/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f7/stephen-king-13_fading_what-you-write-down-sometimes-leaves-you_337416.jpg) > [JK Rowling created seven Horcruxes. She put a part of her soul in every book and now her books will live forever](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/jk-rowling-created-seven-horcruxes-she-put-a-part-of-her-soul-in/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c37/stephen-king-13_book_jk-rowling-created-seven-horcruxes-she-p_659654.jpg) > [Just go on dancing with me like this forever and I'll never tire. We'll scrape our shoe on the stars and hang…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/just-go-on-dancing-with-me-like-this-forever-and-i-ll-never-tire-we/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f9c/stephen-king-13_dancing_just-go-on-dancing-with-me-like-this-for_440980.jpg) > [“Just go on dancing with me like this forever, Garraty. And I'll never tire. We'll scrape our shoe on the stars and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/just-go-on-dancing-with-me-like-this-forever-garraty-and-i-ll-never/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a6/stephen-king-13_quote_just-go-on-dancing-with-me-like-this-for_2168228.jpg) > [The world was the Overlook Hotel, where the party never ended. Where the dead were alive forever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/the-world-was-the-overlook-hotel-where-the-party-never-ended-where/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/031/stephen-king-13_alive_the-world-was-the-overlook-hotel-where-t_190288.jpg) > [I always felt that organized religion was just basically a theological insurance scam where they're saying if you spend time with us,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/i-always-felt-that-organized-religion-was-just-basically-a/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d6/stephen-king-13_end-time_i-always-felt-that-organized-religion-wa_1804995.jpg) > [He remembered waking up once, listening to the wind, thinking of all the dark and rushing cold outside and all the warmth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/he-remembered-waking-up-once-listening-to-the-wind-thinking-of-all/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49c/stephen-king-13_bed_he-remembered-waking-up-once-listening-t_2982745.jpg) > [“You don't have to look back to see those children; part of your mind will see them forever. They are not necessarily…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/you-don-t-have-to-look-back-to-see-those-children-part-of-your-mind-2/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/118/stephen-king-13_children_you-don-t-have-to-look-back-to-see-those_2134319.jpg) > [Yes, I’ve made a great deal of dough from my fiction, but I never set a single word down on paper with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/yes-i-ve-made-a-great-deal-of-dough-from-my-fiction-but-i-never-set-a/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c98/stephen-king-13_buzz_yes-i-ve-made-a-great-deal-of-dough-from_376025.jpg) > [Yes, I've made a great deal of dough from my fiction, but I never set a single word down on paper with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/yes-i-ve-made-a-great-deal-of-dough-from-my-fiction-but-i-never-set-a-2/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/561/stephen-king-13_buzz_yes-i-ve-made-a-great-deal-of-dough-from_1814562.jpg) > [It means that no blue ribbon is forever. Someday - if the world doesn't explode itself in the meantime - someone will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/it-means-that-no-blue-ribbon-is-forever-someday-if-the-world-doesn-t/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/942/stephen-king-13_blue_it-means-that-no-blue-ribbon-is-forever_216853.jpg) > [When we blew the first atomic bomb at White Sands near the end of the war, nobody knew what was going to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/when-we-blew-the-first-atomic-bomb-at-white-sands-near-the-end-of-the/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8cf/stephen-king-13_atomic-bomb_when-we-blew-the-first-atomic-bomb-at-wh_2959310.jpg) > [The boat dipped and swayed and sometimes took on water, but it did not sink; the two brothers had waterproofed it well.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/the-boat-dipped-and-swayed-and-sometimes-took-on-water-but-it-did-not/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd0/stephen-king-13_boat_the-boat-dipped-and-swayed-and-sometimes_1520330.jpg) > [She knew with suddeness and ease that this moment would be with her always, within hand's reach of memory. She doubted if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/she-knew-with-suddeness-and-ease-that-this-moment-would-be-with-her/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ba/stephen-king-13_band_she-knew-with-suddeness-and-ease-that-th_2975038.jpg) ## Other authors on Forever ## 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/forever/stephen-king/#itemlist", "name": "18 Forever Quotes By Stephen King", "numberOfItems": 18, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Nobody lives forever, but we all shine on.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Stephen King" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/nobody-lives-forever-but-we-all-shine-on/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6eb/stephen-king-13_forever_nobody-lives-forever-but-we-all-shine-on_2601421.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6eb/stephen-king-13_forever_nobody-lives-forever-but-we-all-shine-on_2601421.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6eb/stephen-king-13_forever_nobody-lives-forever-but-we-all-shine-on_2601421.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Nobody lives forever, but we all shine on.” — Stephen King", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Dead was the gift that kept on giving. 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