The road to hell is paved with adverbs.

—Stephen King

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Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author. Dubbed the "King of Horror", he is widely known for his horror novels and has also explored other genres, among them suspense, crime, science-fiction, fantasy, and mystery. Though known primarily for his novels, he has written approximately 200 short...

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Some days are treasure. Not many, but I think in almost every life there are a few. That was one of mine, and when I'm blue—when life comes down on me and everything looks tawdry and cheap—I go back to it, if only to remind myself that life isn't always a butcher's game. Sometimes the prizes are real. Sometimes they are precious.

—Stephen King in Joyland

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People think first love is sweet, and never sweeter than when that first bond snaps. Yet that first broken heart is always the most painful, the slowest to mend, and leaves the most visible scar. What's so sweet about that?

—Stephen King in Joyland

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Passing time adds false memories and modifies real ones.

—Stephen King in Joyland

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It's hard to let go. Even when what you're holding onto is full of thorns, it's hard to let go. Maybe especially then.

—Stephen King in Joyland

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When asked, "How do you write?" I invariably answer, "One word at a time," and the answer is invariably dismissed. But that is all it is. It sounds too simple to be true, but consider the Great Wall of China, if you will: One stone at a time, man. That's all. One stone at a time. But I've read you can see that motherfucker from space without a telescope.

—Stephen King

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