Stephen King Quotes

Never tell a lie when you can tell the truth.

Life is a crap carnival with s*** prizes.

Rich people can be generous, even the ones with bloodcurdling political views can be generous, but most believe in generosity on their own terms, and underneath (not so deep, either), they’re always afraid someone is going to steal their presents and eat their birthday cake.

This life we think we’re living isn’t real. It’s just a shadow play, and I for one will be glad when the lights go out on it. In the dark, all the shadows disappear.

Most people are sheep and sheep don’t eat meat.

Great events turn on small hinges.

The scariest moment is always just before you start.

People can be stunningly unobservant.

How cruel would a supreme being have to be to make a world as f***ed-up as this one?

Every religion lies. Every moral precept is a delusion. Even the stars are a mirage. The truth is darkness, and the only thing that matters is making a statement before one enters it. Cutting the skin of the world and leaving a scar. That’s all history is, after all: scar tissue.

We never know which lives we influence, or when, or why.

That’s how you know you’re home, I think, no matter how far you’ve gone from it or how long you’ve been in some other place. Home is where they want you to stay longer.