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“Loss changes you. Sometimes that’s bad. Sometimes it’s good. Either way, you eat your goddam pork chop and go on.”
― Stephen King, Sleeping Beauties

“The 3 types of terror: The Gross-out: the sight of a severed head tumbling down a flight of stairs, it's when the lights go out and something green and slimy splatters against your arm. The Horror: the unnatural, spiders the size of bears, the dead waking up and walking around, it's when the lights go out and something with claws grabs you by the arm. And the last and worse one: Terror, when you come home and notice everything you own had been taken away and replaced by an exact substitute. It's when the lights go out and you feel something behind you, you hear it, you feel its breath against your ear, but when you turn around, there's nothing there...”
― Stephen King

“Ove points at him with exasperation. “You! You want to buy a French car. Don’t worry so much about others, you have enough problems of your own.”
― Fredrik Backman, A Man Called Ove

“If you can't depend on someone being on time, you shouldn't trust them with anything more important either.”
― Fredrik Backman, A Man Called Ove

“He must be close to six and a half feet tall. Ove feels and instinctive skepticism towards all people taller than six feet; the blood can't quite make it all the way up to the brain.”
― Fredrik Backman, A Man Called Ove

“I am looking for friends. What does that mean -- tame?"

"It is an act too often neglected," said the fox. "It means to establish ties."

"To establish ties?"

"Just that," said the fox. "To me, you are still nothing more than a little boy who is just like a hundred thousand other little boys. And I have no need of you. And you, on your part, have no need of me. To you I am nothing more than a fox like a hundred thousand other foxes. But if you tame me, then we shall need each other. To me, you will be unique in all the world. To you, I shall be unique in all the world....”
― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince

“FEAR stands for fuck everything and run.”
― Stephen King, Doctor Sleep

“I believe these stories exist because we sometimes need to create unreal monsters and bogies to stand in for all the things we fear in our real lives: the parent who punches instead of kissing, the auto accident that takes a loved one, the cancer we one day discover living in our own bodies. If such terrible occurrences were acts of darkness, they might actually be easier to cope with. But instead of being dark, they have their own terrible brilliance. . . and none shine so bright as the acts of cruelty we sometimes perpetrate in our own families.”
― Stephen King

“Love didn't grow very well in a place where there was only fear, just as plants didn't grow very well in a place where it was always dark.”
― Stephen King, The Stand

“It's awfully good of some people to have asked me to take the job, but I'd rather read about a grand escape than plan one. Besides, I'm terrible at keeping secrets and I hate to scheme against people. It seems rude. I don't deal with guilt well and I'm worried we might hurt some feelings in the process of defending ourselves. Also, I am juggling a couple of books. Being a full-time conspirator would take away from my reading time.”
― Joe Hill, The Fireman

“We have all been found guilty of being human. There are worse crimes.”
― Joe Hill, The Fireman

“Your personality is not just a matter of what you know about yourself, but what others know about you. You are one person with your mother, and another with your lover, and yet another with your child. Those other people create you—finish you—as much as you create you.”
― Joe Hill, The Fireman

“Gage was crawling in the grass, examining bugs,
perhaps even eating a few; Gage was not particular where his protein came from.”
― Stephen King, Pet Sematary

“Lost something?’
Yes, my mind.”
― Sebastian Fitzek, Splitter

“When Laurence was old enough to do what he liked, he would be old enough to understand he couldn't do what he liked.”
― Charlie Jane Anders, All the Birds in the Sky

“We’re a book club,” Maryellen said. “What are we supposed to do? Read him to death? Use strong language?”
― Grady Hendrix, The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires

“she’d learned two things: they were all in this together, and if their husbands ever took out a life insurance policy on them they were in trouble.”
― Grady Hendrix, The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires

“What good is free love if nobody showers?” Maryellen asked.”
― Grady Hendrix, The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires

“Once you've washed a man's underwear you realize the sad truth about hidden depths.”
― Grady Hendrix, The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires

“Only boring people get bored.”
― Grady Hendrix, The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires

“To small minds . . . any skill must look like sorcery.”
― Katherine Arden, The Girl in the Tower

“I carve things of wood because things made by effort are more real than things made by wishing.”
― Katherine Arden, The Girl in the Tower

“I did not know I was lonely, . . . until I was no longer alone.”
― Katherine Arden, The Girl in the Tower

“Every time you take one path, you must live with the memory of the other: of a life left unchosen.”
― Katherine Arden, The Girl in the Tower

“Whoever said running in the morning gives you energy never had a day job that involves customer service.”
― Caroline Kepnes, You

“Anyway the trick to life is, if you don't like what is happening, go back to sleep until it stops.”
― Catriona Ward, The Last House on Needless Street

“Young humans can be impulsive. The trick is keeping them around long enough to become old humans.”
― Martha Wells, Artificial Condition

“Recipes TOM PEPPER’S HOT BREW To soothe the throat or otherwise ease a long day. 1.4 drachm (1 tsp) local raw honey 16 drachm (1 oz) scotch or bourbon ½ pint (1 cup) hot water 3 sprigs fresh thyme Stir honey and bourbon at bottom of mug. Add hot water and thyme sprigs. Steep five minutes. Sip while warm. BLACKFRIARS BALM FOR BUGS AND BOILS To subdue angry, itchy skin caused by insect bites. 1 drachm (0.75 tsp) castor oil 1 drachm (0.75 tsp) almond oil 10 drops tea tree oil 5 drops lavender oil In a 2.7 drachm (10 ml) glass rollerball vial, add the 4 oils. Fill to top with water and secure cap. Shake well before each use. Apply to itchy, uncomfortable skin. ROSEMARY BUTTER BISCUIT COOKIES A traditional shortbread. Savory yet sweet, and in no way sinister. 1 sprig fresh rosemary 1 ½ cup butter, salted 2⁄3cup white sugar 2 ¾ cup all-purpose flour Remove leaves from rosemary and finely chop (approximately 1 Tbsp or to taste). Soften butter; blend well with sugar. Add rosemary and flour; mix well until dough comes together. Line 2 cookie sheets with parchment paper. Form dough into 1.25-inch balls; press gently into pans until 0.5-inch thick. Refrigerate at least 1 hour. Preheat oven to 375°F. Bake for 10–12 minutes, just until bottom edges are golden. Do not overbake. Cool at least 10 minutes. Makes 45 cookies.”
― Sarah Penner, The Lost Apothecary

“Abuse isn’t always loud or physical. Sometimes it’s a barbwired whisper.”
― Vanessa Montalban, These Vengeful Wishes

“Under the right circumstances, anything can be made into something sinister.”
― Laila Lalami, The Dream Hotel