“Strong delusions travel like cold germs on a sneeze.”
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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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“Strong delusions travel like cold germs on a sneeze.”
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“Everybody trusts a guy in a raincoat. I don't know why. It's just one of those mystery facts.”
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“I can't understand why people use religion to hurt each other when there's already so much pain in the world.”
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“Every man or woman who loves Him, they hate Him too, because He's a hard God, a jealous God.”
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“Oh no, praying is great, without it the thumbscrews and the Iron Maiden probably never would have been invented.”
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“The woman who preaches has poison religion. Let the respectable ones go”
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“La religion du Crucifié était une religion comme une autre, qui enseignait que l'amour et le meurtre étaient inextricablement liés l'un à l'autre et qu'à la fin, Dieu finissait toujours par...”
“There came a time when you realized that moving on was pointless. That you took yourself with you wherever you went.”
“It's a hard life if you don't weaken.”
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“Eighty percent of success is just showing up.”
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“Shall there be truth between us, as two men? Not as friends, but as enemies and equals?”
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“Your first impulse is to share good news, your second is to club someone with it.”
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“She couldn't be on his wavelength all the time. That's all. When you could recognize that and deal with it, you were on your way to an adult relationship.”
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“He was one of those quite rare adults who communicate with small children fairly well and who love them all impartially--not in a sugary way but in a businesslike fashion that may sometimes...”
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“their respect for the mystery--the half-grasped but never spoken idea that maybe, when you got right down to the place where the cheese binds, there is no such thing as marriage, no such thi...”
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“About halfway through I broke down crying, which I hadn't expected. I was a little ashamed, but only a little;it was her, you see, and she never taxed me with the times that I slipped from t...”
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“I know how bad you boys feel, but the sun will still come up tomorrow. And when it does, you 'll feel better. When the sun comes up the day after tomorrow, a little better still. This is jus...”
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“Viața nu e suport pentru artă. Invers stau lucrurile.”
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“Time's the thief of memory”
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“Time and tide wait for no man.”
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