“The father of sin was theft; every one of the Ten Commandments boiled down to “Thou shalt not steal.” Murder was the… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“The good-natured back-and-forth they had always had, the ease of their collaborations on projects and meals and parenting responsibilities, the comfortable pleasure… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“Mothers were naturals for law enforcement, because toddlers, like criminals, were often belligerent and destructive.” — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“["]Bon just couldn't do anything right in her mother's eyes. And when it came to Mrs. D. wanting her to work at… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“What am I going to say if I end up standing in front of God the Father Almighty and He asks me… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“Get on before I blow you lose of your shoes and give your fathers cause to celebrate!” — Stephen King Copy Share Image
I always like to see enlightened parents like that; it gives me hope for the future. — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“A time will come when it won’t pass.’ The gunslinger made no reply, for he knew this was true. The trap had… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“He expressed his sincere belief in the position the limo driver’s soul would occupy in the afterlife. He finished by saying that… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“They waited, none of them entirely convinced that the old man wouldn't appear before them again like the ghost of Hamlet's father… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Kids know they can't make it alone, yet at the same time, built into each one of us, is a survival ethic.… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“And, you know, I hope you have some fun with this book. Nosh and nibble at the corners or read the mother… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“The child, who is most at home with wonder, says: Daddy, what is above the sky? And the father says: The darkness… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
My father had taught me - mostly by example - that if a man wanted to be in charge of his life,… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“I arrested some bad doers when I was on the cops, some very bad doers – one was a mother who killed… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
I never saw any of my dad's stories. My mother said he had piles and piles of manuscripts. — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“Clay said, "If they have flashlights like us, we can almost assume-" "We can't assume anything," [Alice] said restlessly, querulously. "My father… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Hug and kiss whoever helped get you - financially, mentally, morally, emotionally - to this day. Parents, mentors, friends, teachers. If you're… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“Like they say in the infomercials, you’re under no obligation.” Right. On the other hand, my mother would have said the devil’s… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
For every mother who ever cursed God for her child dead in the road, for every father who ever cursed the man… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“One of the few things my father says when he's had a few that I agree with is that kids don't have… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
As infants, our first victory comes in grasping some bit of the world, usually our mother's fingers. Later we discover that the… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“When I was a kid, my mother said, ‘Stephen if you were a girl, you’d always be pregnant.” — Stephen King Copy Share Image
It's as if God gave you something-all those stories- and said, "Here you are. Try not to lose it." But children lose… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Shall there be truth between us, as two men? Not as friends, but as enemies and equals? — Stephen King Copy Share Image
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… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“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… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“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.… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
It hurt, of course, but more often than not the best things do, I've found. — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“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… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“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.… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“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… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“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… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“In that instant it all seemed to come clear to him- it came in a grisly flash of light, and he realized that the… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
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… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“¿Lo ves, tonto? Volvió a regañarse. Tú lo inventaste todo, gato asustado. No fue más que tu imaginación, gato asustado, gato asustado... No te… — Stephen King Copy Share Image