Revival

by Stephen King

But who is screenwriting our lives? Fate or coincidence?

false enthusiasm does not come easily to six-year-olds … although, sad to say, it’s a skill most of us learn fairly rapidly.

‘The world is hard and you can’t have everything.’

We were happy then.

Youth was her makeup.

We never know. Any day could be the day we go down, and we never know.

“Where’s his face?” he cried. “Where’s my little boy’s face?”’

Her blond hair was underground now, growing brittle on a satin pillow in the dark.

Reverend was right about one thing: people always want a reason for the bad things in life. Sometimes there ain’t one.’

When you know you’re going to be fired, it’s best to quit first. It allows you to keep a little self-respect.’

‘Frightened people live in their own special hell.

Life is a wheel, and it always comes back around to where it started.

I can’t stop seeing the damned. The line stretches forever.

Lightning had smashed the lock on a door that was never supposed to be opened, and Mother came through.

My real life just won’t do, because these days it’s as sparsely furnished as a cheap hotel room.