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He would write it for the reason he felt that all great literature, fiction and nonfiction, was written: truth comes out, in the end it always comes out. He would write it because he felt he had to.

— Stephen King The Shining (1977)

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I don't think time matters much if you're a Breaker.

Hearts in Atlantis (1999)

If being a kid is about learning how to live, then being a grown-up is about learning how to die.

Christine (1983)

Even if you leave this room, you can never leave this room!

Everything's Eventual (2002)

But I believe in love, you know; love is a uniquely portable magic. I don't think it's in the stars, but I do believe that blood calls to blood and mind calls to mind and heart to heart.

Humor is almost always anger with its makeup on, I think, but in little towns the makeup tends to be thin.

Bag of Bones (1998)

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