"I don't like hope very much. In fact, I hate it. It's the crystal meth of emotions. It hooks you fast and kills you hard. It's bad news. The worst. It's sharp sticks and cherry bombs. When hope shows up, it's only a matter of time until someone gets hurt."

Emotion, Hope, Fear, Pain

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"I don't like hope very much. In fact, I hate it. It's the crystal meth of emotions. It hooks you fast and kills you hard. It's bad news. The worst. It's sharp sticks and cherry bombs. When hope shows up, it's only a matter of time until someone gets hurt."

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"Enthusiasm is a supernatural serenity."

Henry David Thoreau, American Author

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"This is how we bring about our own damnation, you know-by ignoring the voice that begs us to stop. To stop while there's still time."

Stephen King, American Author

Emotion, Future, Truth, Power, Happiness

"I have wished a bird would fly away,And not sing by my house all day;Have clapped my hands at him from the doorWhen it seemed as if I could bear no more.The fault must partly have been in me.The bird was not to blame for his keys.And of course there must be something wrongIn waiting to silence any song."

Robert Frost, American Poet

Emotion, Patience, Silence, Music, Life

"I wanted to say goodbye to someone, and have someone say goodbye to me. The goodbyes we speak and the goodbyes we hear are the goodbyes that tell us we re still alive."

Stephen King, American Author

Emotion, Love, Truth, Happiness, Life

"He could not say goodbye to these three rooms as he could to a house he had loved: hotel rooms accepted departures emotionlessly."

Stephen King, American Author

Emotion, Memory, Space, Truth

"I changed it. I had to. Do you know why?" She studied him, her eyes grave. "Because that was then and this is now. Because the past is gone, even though it defines the present."

Stephen King, American Author

Emotion, Today, Happiness, Power, Truth

"She could smell damprot, high, sweet, and cloying. She could smell madness like dead vegetables in a dark cellar."

Stephen King, American Author

Emotion, Regret, Truth, Power, Inspirational

"That- we seemed to have decided without saying a word- might go a long way toward spoiling something that was special, and beautiful, by virtue of its strangeness and delicacy."

Stephen King, American Author

Emotion, Truth, Beauty, Wisdom, Today

"How does it happen that a writer who's not even very good - and I can say that, I've read four or five of his books - gets to be in charge of the world's destiny? Or of the entire universe's?"If he's not very good, why didn't you stop at one?"Mrs. Tassenbaum smiled. "TouchA©. He is readable, I'll give him that - tells a good story..."

Stephen King, American Author

Emotion, Truth, Wisdom, Today, Power

"He is talking to people in Toronto, trying to find out if I am guilty; but he won't find it out that way. He doesn't understand yet that guilt comes to you not from the things you've done, but from the things that other have done for you."

Margaret Atwood, Canadian Novelist

Emotion, Guilt, Perception, Truth, Responsibility

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"Listen to your own thoughts and feelings very carefully, be aware of your observations, and learn to value them. When you're a teenager-and even when you're older-lots of people will try to tell you what to think and feel. Try to stand still inside all of that and hear your own voice. It's yours and only yours, it's unique and worth of your attention, and if you cultivate it properly, it might just make you a writer."

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"Beautiful people don't need coats. They've got their auras to keep them warm."

Beauty

"Fac quod faciendum est,' ' Jo read aloud. 'Do what must be done."

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"A new word. Bright with possibilities. A flawless pearl to turn over and over in my hand, then put away for safekeeping."

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"Most of the mess that is called history comes about because kings and presidents cannot be satisfied with a nice chicken and a good loaf of bread."

History

"With 'A Northern Light,' I've already heard from teenage readers, teachers, librarians - it's been so gratifying. It's amazing that you can take something that matters so deeply to you and make it matter to someone else."

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"Her fear was strong, but her need for the truth was stronger."

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"God loves us, but the devil takes an interest."

Faith

"I have done this-made the sad prince laugh. Made his grieving parents smile. None but me. Think you only kings have power? Stand on a stage and hold the hearts of men in your hands. Make them laugh with a gesture, cry with a word. Make them love you. And you will know what power is."

Power

"And then I remember this morning and I wonder if it really happened or if I dreamed it. It was nice. And weird. And tender. I'm not used to tender. It's a fossil, that word. Conditions changed and it died out. Like the woolly mammoth. It just couldn't live in the same world as dick box. Ho dog. Or wiener cousins."

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