1,366 quotes found
Author · American · 1947
American author (born 1947)
“The shuddering would not stop. The pain was like the end of the world. He thought: There comes a point when the very discussion of pain becomes redundant. No one knows there is pain the size of thi...”
“There was a beautiful feeling of calm in my groin, a sense of peace so remarkable it was almost ecstasyanyone who' suffered bad pain and then recovered will know what I'm talking about.”
“Until we see each other again, keep your head together, read some good books, be useful, be happy.”
“He who speaks without an attentive ear is mute.”
“I think it was the first real pain I ever felt in my life...It wasn't what I thought it would be at all. It didn't put an end to me as a person. I think...it gave me a basis for comparison, finding...”
“Pain rises. From the heart to the head pain rises.”
“A hurt body and mind arent just like a dictatorship; they are a dictatorship. There is no tyrant as merciless as pain, no despot so cruel as confusion. That my mind had been as badly hurt as my bod...”
“That wasn't any act of God. That was an act of pure human fuckery.”
“Humor is almost always anger with its make-up on.”
“FEAR stands for fuck everything and run.”
“Oddly, the burned hand didn't seem to hurt much anymore; it was only numb. It would have been better if there had been pain. Pain was at least real.”
“Bad news should always come after lunch.. first thing in the morning everything left a bruise.”
“I think part of being a parent is trying to kill your kids.”
“In the end it was Tabby who cast the deciding vote, as she so often has at crucial moments in my life. I'd like to think I've done the same for her from time to time, because it seems to me that on...”
“Your hair is winter fire,January embers.My heart burns there, too.-Stephen King, IT”
“Several times we had been very close to "it," but "it" just never quite happened. She always drew back, and I never pressed her. God help me, I was being gallant. I have wondered often since what w...”
“Any good marriage is secret territory, a necessary white space on societys map. What others dont know about it is what makes it yours.”
“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”
“Murder is like potato chips: you can't stop with just one.”