“The soil of a man's heart is stonier, Louis. A man grows what he can, and he tends it. 'Cause what you buy, is what you own. And what you own... always comes home to you.”
― Pet Sematary
― Pet Sematary
“...to the last I grapple with thee; from hell's heart I stab at thee; for hate's sake I spit my last breath at thee.”
― Moby-Dick or, The Whale
― Moby-Dick or, The Whale
“The town kept its secrets, and the Marsten House brooded over it like a ruined king.”
― ’Salem’s Lot
― ’Salem’s Lot
“I'm going to rub your faces in things you try to avoid. I don't find it strange that all you want to believe is only that which comforts you. How else do humans invent the traps which betray us into mediocrity? How else do we define cowardice?”
― Children of Dune
― Children of Dune
“No more terrible disaster could befall your people than for them to fall into the hands of a Hero”
― Dune
― Dune
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