--- title: "1 Story Need Quotes By Robert R. McCammon" description: "1 Story Need quotes by Robert R. McCammon. Plus more from Robert R. McCammon and more Story Need sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ba/robert-r-mccammon-14992_age_it-seemed-to-me-at-an-early-age-that-all_2959809.jpg" --- > [It seemed to me at an early age that all human communication - whether it's TV, movies, or books - begins with somebody wanting to tell a story. That need to tell, to plug into a universal socket, is probably…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-r-mccammon/it-seemed-to-me-at-an-early-age-that-all-human-communication-whether/) [Robert R. McCammon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-r-mccammon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ba/robert-r-mccammon-14992_age_it-seemed-to-me-at-an-early-age-that-all_2959809.jpg) ## More by Robert R. McCammon > [“There was lightning behind Mr. Sayre's eyes, and it was looking for a place to strike.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-r-mccammon/there-was-lightning-behind-mr-sayre-s-eyes-and-it-was-looking-for-a/) [Robert R. McCammon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-r-mccammon/) > [“His hair was think and curly and reddish-brown, his eyes a clear ice blue; Ramona had told him many times that she could see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-r-mccammon/his-hair-was-think-and-curly-and-reddish-brown-his-eyes-a-clear-ice/) [Robert R. McCammon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-r-mccammon/) > [“...hot shouts of neon...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-r-mccammon/hot-shouts-of-neon/) [Robert R. McCammon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-r-mccammon/) > [“The truth of life is that every year we get farther away from the essence that is born within us. We get shouldered with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-r-mccammon/the-truth-of-life-is-that-every-year-we-get-farther-away-from-the/) [Robert R. McCammon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-r-mccammon/) > [“It seemed to Billy that no matter how far you walked, you never really got to the end of things.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-r-mccammon/it-seemed-to-billy-that-no-matter-how-far-you-walked-you-never-really/) [Robert R. McCammon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-r-mccammon/) > [“The sharp white steeple of the Hawthorne First Baptist Church stuck up through the leafless trees like an admonishing finger.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-r-mccammon/the-sharp-white-steeple-of-the-hawthorne-first-baptist-church-stuck/) [Robert R. McCammon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-r-mccammon/) > [“I hoped she would never lock her smile away, and forget where she'd put the key.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-r-mccammon/i-hoped-she-would-never-lock-her-smile-away-and-forget-where-she-d/) [Robert R. McCammon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-r-mccammon/) > [They say that somewhere in Africa the elephants have a secret grave where they go to lie down, unburden their wrinkled gray bodies, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-r-mccammon/they-say-that-somewhere-in-africa-the-elephants-have-a-secret-grave/) [Robert R. McCammon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-r-mccammon/) > [Maybe crazy is what they call anybody who's got magic in them after they're no longer a child.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-r-mccammon/maybe-crazy-is-what-they-call-anybody-who-s-got-magic-in-them-after/) [Robert R. McCammon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-r-mccammon/) > [“I couldn't picture heaven. How could a place be any good at all if it didn't have the things there you enjoyed doing? If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-r-mccammon/i-couldn-t-picture-heaven-how-could-a-place-be-any-good-at-all-if-it/) [Robert R. McCammon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-r-mccammon/) > [“This was a dank, sinister chill: the chill of shadows where poison toadstools grown, their ruddy colors beckoning a child to come, come take…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-r-mccammon/this-was-a-dank-sinister-chill-the-chill-of-shadows-where-poison/) [Robert R. McCammon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-r-mccammon/) > [“Put one foot forward and the other will get you to where you are going~!" Bag Lady, Swan Song”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-r-mccammon/put-one-foot-forward-and-the-other-will-get-you-to-where-you-are/) [Robert R. McCammon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-r-mccammon/) > [“Grigsby had looked at him askance. “Why is it,” he said, “that I have the distinct impression you’re not surprised by this news?” ‘Surprised…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-r-mccammon/grigsby-had-looked-at-him-askance-why-is-it-he-said-that-i-have-the/) [Robert R. McCammon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-r-mccammon/) > [We all start out knowing magic. We are born with whirlwinds, forest fires, and comets inside us. We are born able to sing to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-r-mccammon/we-all-start-out-knowing-magic-we-are-born-with-whirlwinds-forest/) [Robert R. McCammon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-r-mccammon/) > [“If you were my girlfriend I would give you a hundred lightning bugs in a green glass jar, so you could always see your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-r-mccammon/if-you-were-my-girlfriend-i-would-give-you-a-hundred-lightning-bugs/) [Robert R. 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