"We lie best when we lie to ourselves."

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Source : Stephen King (2016). “It: A Novel”, p.445, Simon and Schuster

Stephen King

“The Danger of a Single Story”, which has resonated with me immensely every time I read it. “Power is the ability not just to tell the story of another person, but to make it the definitive story of that person. The Palestinian poet Mourid Barghouti writes that if you want to dispossess a people, the simplest way to do it is to tell their story, and to start with, “secondly.”
“The cross is the place where, and the means by which, God loved us to the uttermost.”
“Next year we have to be even better. If we want to be a big club this has to be one of many.”
“Eating when you're not hungry and taking in that amount of food is exhausting.”
“Action, reaction, motivation, emotion, all have to come from the characters. Writing a love scene requires the same elements from the writer as any other.”
“"On my honor" - what an ennobling phrase! Three short words, nine letters, but the summation of all we call character. From the Boy Scout's Oath.”
“Mental health is seen as a massive drag to have to write about - worthy, dull. Something you should 'have' to read / write about.”
“For every person wishing to teach there are thirty not wanting to be taught.”

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