Maria

“[...] as if she had run him through with a blazing hot poker instead of shooting him with a gun, which was supposed to be merciful and civilized and was clearly neither one.”
― Stephen King, Wizard and Glass

“Although they had been honed like hawks toward the guns since early childhood, Cuthbert and Alain still carried an erroneous belief common to many boys their age: that their elders were also their betters, at least in such matters as planning and wit; they actually believed that grownups knew what they were doing.”
― Stephen King, Wizard and Glass

“That's what the unseen world's for, after all, isn't it? So we don't have to take the blame for our acts of stupidity?”
― Stephen King, Wizard and Glass

“They were drugged, stone in love, and to them, every scar on the face of the world was a beauty mark.”
― Stephen King, Wizard and Glass