Wolves of the Calla (The Dark Tower, #5)

by Stephen King

“First comes smiles, then lies. Last is gunfire.” —Roland Deschain, of Gilead

“No one ever does live happily ever after, but we leave the children to find that out for themselves, don’t we?”

how you feel and how long you feel it doesn’t always have a lot to do with objective truth.

“If,” Roland said. “An old teacher of mine used to call it the only word a thousand letters long.”

We spread the time as we can, but in the end the world takes it all back.”

Eloquence does not always proceed from belief, but often proceeds from the bottle.