Lately, I've been enjoying Stephen King's short stories. This is the first I've read and I'm almost finished now with the second. Here are my favorite quotes from the book...
RITA HAYWORTH AND SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION
you judge how well you're doing by how you sleep at night and what your dreams are like
after all you can't lose if you don't bet
some birds are not meant to be caged, that's all
hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies
get busy living or get busy dying
APT PUPIL
life is a tiger you have to grab by the tail, and if you don't know the nature of the beast it will eat you up
what we did was motivated only by survival, and nothing about survival is pretty
for a kid, the whole world's a laboratory, you have to let them poke around in it
one must never overdo the sublime
the past don't rest so easy
THE BODY
the most important things lie too close to wherever your secret heart is buried
you always know the truth because when you cut yourself, or someone else with it, you bleed
the most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them
the rite of passage is a magic corridor so we always provide an aisle - it's what you walk down when you get married, what they carry you down when you get buried
let's get while the gettin's good
speech destroys the function of love
love has teeth; they bite; the wounds never close. no word, no combination of words, can close those lovebites. it's the other way around, that's the joke., if those wounds dry up, the words die with them
THE BREATHING METHOD
it is the tale, not who tells it
one does not always need to hear a slam to know that the door has been closed
how different a door can feel when you are on the warm side of it!
there is no comfort without pain, thus we define salvation through suffering
homesickness is a real sickness - the ache of the uprooted plant
the difference between academic theory and practical application can sometimes be shockingly huge
"When I hear cynics say that the days of magic and miracles are all behind us, Dr. McCarron, I'll know they're deluded, won't I? "
RITA HAYWORTH AND SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION
you judge how well you're doing by how you sleep at night and what your dreams are like
after all you can't lose if you don't bet
some birds are not meant to be caged, that's all
hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies
get busy living or get busy dying
APT PUPIL
life is a tiger you have to grab by the tail, and if you don't know the nature of the beast it will eat you up
what we did was motivated only by survival, and nothing about survival is pretty
for a kid, the whole world's a laboratory, you have to let them poke around in it
one must never overdo the sublime
the past don't rest so easy
THE BODY
the most important things lie too close to wherever your secret heart is buried
you always know the truth because when you cut yourself, or someone else with it, you bleed
the most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them
the rite of passage is a magic corridor so we always provide an aisle - it's what you walk down when you get married, what they carry you down when you get buried
let's get while the gettin's good
speech destroys the function of love
love has teeth; they bite; the wounds never close. no word, no combination of words, can close those lovebites. it's the other way around, that's the joke., if those wounds dry up, the words die with them
THE BREATHING METHOD
it is the tale, not who tells it
one does not always need to hear a slam to know that the door has been closed
how different a door can feel when you are on the warm side of it!
there is no comfort without pain, thus we define salvation through suffering
homesickness is a real sickness - the ache of the uprooted plant
the difference between academic theory and practical application can sometimes be shockingly huge
"When I hear cynics say that the days of magic and miracles are all behind us, Dr. McCarron, I'll know they're deluded, won't I? "
No comments:
Post a Comment
thanks for reading this post!
Email thethoughtbubbleblog@gmail.com for queries, request or suggestions, thanks!