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The reason authors almost always put a dedication on a book is, because their selfishness even horrifies themselves in the end.

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She gave him a strange maternal grin.For the first time, clearly, the thought surfaced in Paul Sheldon’s mind: I am introuble here. This woman is not ...more

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When Annie's treatin, you best be eatin.

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You're like a man who loves nothing better than a thick steak but wouldn't last an hour in a slaughterhouse.

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It was never for you, Annie, or all the other people out there who sign their letters “Your number-one fan.” The minute you start to write all those p...more

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Do you believe in an afterlife?" the gunslinger asked him as Brown dropped three ears of hot corn onto his plate.Brown nodded. "I think this is it.

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Such an ego simply forbade certain lines of thought.

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Writers remember everything...especially the hurts. Strip a writer to the buff, point to the scars, and he'll tell you the story of each small one. Fr...more

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We see her go through dangerous mood-swings, but I tried never to come right out and say "Annie was depressed and possibly suicidal that day" or "Anni...more

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the man in black travels with your soul in his pocket.

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A few of the gunslingers dance, but only a few. And they were the young ones. The other ones only sat, and it seemed to me they were half embarrassed ...more

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They were close to the end of the beginning . . .

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They had discovered one could grow as hungry for light as for food.

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Once again there was the desert, and that only.

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...and still the hands did their trick, like over-eager dogs that want to do their rolling—over trick for you not once or twice but all night.