“Best not to look back. Best to believe there will be happily ever afters all the way around - and so there may be; who is to say there will not be such endings? Not all boats which sail away...”
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Author detail
Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, crime, science-fiction, and fantasy novels. His books have sold more than 350 million copies, and many have been adapted into films, television series, miniseries, and comic books. King has published 63 novels, including seven under the pen name Richard Bachman, and five non-fiction books. He has also written approximately 200 short stories, most of which have been published in book collections. King has received Bram Stoker Awards, World Fantasy Awards, and British Fantasy Society Awards. In 2003, the National Book Foundation awarded him the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. He has also received awards for his contribution to literature for his entire bibliography, such as the 2004 World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement and the 2007 Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America. In 2015, he was awarded with a National Medal of Arts from the U.S. National Endowment for the Arts for his contributions to literature. He has been described as the "King of Horror", a play on his surname and a reference to his high standing in pop culture.
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“Best not to look back. Best to believe there will be happily ever afters all the way around - and so there may be; who is to say there will not be such endings? Not all boats which sail away...”
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“He who speaks without an attentive ear is mute.”
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“If you don’t have the time to do something right, where are you going to find the time to fix it?”
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“Quiet people have the loudest minds.”
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“The good thing about being old, is you don’t have to worry about dying young.”
“The Lord is my shepherd. I shall not want for nothing. He makes me lie down in the green pastures. He greases up my head with oil. He gives me kung-fu in the face of my enemies. Amen”
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“Until we see each other again, keep your head together, read some good books, be useful, be happy.”
“That wasn't any act of God. That was an act of pure human fuckery.”
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“Humor is almost always anger with its make-up on.”
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“FEAR stands for fuck everything and run.”
“I think part of being a parent is trying to kill your kids.”
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“People think first love is sweet, and never sweeter than when that first bond snaps. You've heard a thousand pop and country songs that prove the point; some fool got his heart broke. Yet th...”
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“A boy who once wiped his ass with poison ivy probably doesn't belong in a smart people's club.”
“Oh shit, the mummy's after us, let's all walk a little faster”
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“This inhuman place makes human monsters.”
“Few if any seemed to have grasped the Principle of Reality; new knowledge leads always to yet more awesome mysteries. Greater physiological knowledge of the brain makes the existence of the...”
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“Why' is a crooked letter and can't be made straight.”
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“The greatest mystery the universe offers is not life but Size.”
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“But this wealth of information produced little or no insight.”
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“I don't believe in any actual thinking God that marks the fall of every bird in Australia or every bug in India, a God that records all of our sins in a big golden book and judges us when we...”
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