Feeling Quote by Stephen King
““Sometimes she'd go a whole day without thinking of him or missing him. Why not? She had quite a full life, and really, he'd often been hard to deal with and hard to live with. A project, the Yankee oldtimers like her very own Dad might have said. And then sometimes a day would come, a gray one (or a sunny one) when she missed him so fiercely she felt empty, not a woman at all anymore but just a dead tree filled with cold November blow. She felt like that now, felt like hollering his name and hollering him home, and her heart turned sick with the thought of the years ahead and she wondered what good love was if it came to this, to even ten seconds of feeling like this.””
About This Quote
Source Novel: The Dark Tower: The Wind Through the Keyhole, 2012
A woman oscillates between independence and longing, feeling emptiness when missing a lover, questioning the value of love amidst pain.
In simple terms: She feels empty when missing him, questioning love’s worth.
Key Takeaway
Acknowledge and process emotional emptiness.
Themes
love
loneliness
longing
Mood
melancholic
introspective
Type
literary
emotional
When to use this quote
- personal reflection
- relationship challenges
- grief
- self‑discovery
Key Concepts
emotional conflict
relationship dynamics
Questions to Reflect On
- What does missing someone reveal about self?
- How can one find balance between independence and attachment?
A Different Perspective
Love may cause pain; longing can be destructive.
