Stephen King, Doctor Sleep
"There came a time when you realised that moving on was pointless. That you took yourself with you wherever you went."
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"There came a time when you realised that moving on was pointless. That you took yourself with you wherever you went."
Stephen King, Doctor Sleep
"She felt like Captain Ahab, for the first time sighting his great white whale."
Stephen King, Doctor Sleep
"The silence wasn't uncomfortable or hostile but exhausted--the quiet of people who have a great deal to think about but not a hell of a lot to say."
Stephen King, Doctor Sleep
"No, honey. Maybe you can put the things from the Overlook away in lockboxes, but not memories. Never those. They’re the real ghosts."
Stephen King, Doctor Sleep
"We'll eat your steam and lap up your blood. But first, we'll drink your screams"
Stephen King, Doctor Sleep
"Because that was then and this is now. Because the past is gone, even though it defines the present."
Stephen King, Doctor Sleep
"At the end of almost every AA meeting, someone read the Promises. One of these was 'We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it'. Dan thought he would always regret the past, but he had quit trying to shut the door. Why bother, when it would just come open again? The fucking had no latch, let alone a lock."
Stephen King, Doctor Sleep
"I changed it. I had to. Do you know why" She studied him, her eyes grave. "Because that was then and this is now. Because the past is gone, even though it defines the present."
Stephen King, Doctor Sleep
"There came a time when you realized that moving on was pointless. That you took yourself with you wherever you went."
Stephen King, Doctor Sleep
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