Gem H. > Gem's Quotes

“And the most terrifying question of all may be just how much horror the human mind can stand and still maintain a wakeful, staring, unrelenting sanity.”
― Stephen King, Pet Sematary

“Life sucks, then you die”
― Stephen King, Pet Sematary

“Here I am, in borrowed bones, in makeshift skin, looking out it eyes that are a construct, breathing with lungs that are only a step–a basic rearrangement–away from leaves. How funny, to have a body when I am not a body? How funny, to be inside when I am outside.”
― Helena Fox, How It Feels to Float

“Thinking about history makes me wonder how I’ll fit into it one day, I guess. And you too. I kinda wish people still wrote like that. History, huh? Bet we could make some.”
― Casey McQuiston, Red, White & Royal Blue

“You learned to accept, or you ended up in a small room writing letters home with Crayolas.”
― Stephen King, Pet Sematary

“Sometimes you just jump and hope it's not a cliff.”
― Casey McQuiston, Red, White & Royal Blue

“I thought, this is the most incredible thing I have ever seen, and I had better keep it a safe distance away from me. I thought, if someone like that ever loved me, it would set me on fire.
And then I was a careless fool, and I fell in love with you anyway. When you rang me at truly shocking hours of the night, I loved you. When you kissed me in disgusting public toilets and pouted in hotel bars and made me happy in ways in which it had never even occurred to me that a mangled-up, locked-up person like me could be happy, I loved you.
And then, inexplicably, you had the absolute audacity to love me back. Can you believe it?
Sometimes, even now, I still can't.”
― Casey McQuiston, Red, White & Royal Blue

“there is no gain without risk, perhaps no risk without love.”
― Stephen King, Pet Sematary

“It’s only the world, Kev,” he said. “It kills us all in the end, anyhow.”
― Stephen King, The Sun Dog

“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. From the big ones you get novels. A little talent is a nice thing to have if you want to be a writer, but the only real requirement is the ability to remember the story of every scar.
Art consists of the persistence of memory.”
― Stephen King, Misery

“He wants to set himself on fire, but he can’t afford for anyone to see him burn.”
― Casey McQuiston, Red, White & Royal Blue

“And it's so clear how far I've fallen. How far I am from where the stars are.”
― Helena Fox, How It Feels to Float

“Every now and then someone will ask me, "When are you going to get tired of this horror stuff, Steve, and write something serious?"
I used to believe the implied insult in this question was accidental, but as the years go on I have become more and more convinced that it's not.”
― Stephen King, Four Past Midnight: The Sun Dog

“The next slide is titled: 'Exploring your sexuality: Healthy, but does it have to be with the Prince of England?' She apologizes for not having time to come up with better titles. Alex actively wishes for the sweet release of death.”
― Casey McQuiston, Red, White & Royal Blue

“Giving up and letting go are two very different things. Giving up is admitting you're beat and walking away. Letting go means you're setting something free. You're releasing something that's been keeping you stuck. That takes faith and more than a little courage.”
― Cynthia Lord, A Handful of Stars

“That's the choice. I love him, with all that, because of all that. On purpose. I love him on purpose.”
― Casey McQuiston, Red, White & Royal Blue

“Cats were the gangsters of the animal world, living outside the law and often dying there. There were a great many of them who never grew old by the fire.”
― Stephen King, Pet Sematary

“Do you feel better?"
And I've said, "Sometimes."
Which is possibly, almost, don't-look-too-closely-or-it-might-go-away, true.”
― Helena Fox, How It Feels to Float

“When you own a piano, it's harder to think about moving.”
― Stephen King, Misery

“I don’t understand anything and it’s like my sadness has drained my brain and now I can’t learn.”
― Helena Fox, How It Feels to Float

“Sometimes dead is better”
― Stephen King, Pet Sematary

“Such an ego simply forbade certain lines of thought.”
― Stephen King, Misery

“Oh my God, I thought you were getting into international relations or something.”
“I mean, technically—”
“If you finish that sentence, I’m gonna spend tonight in jail.”
― Casey McQuiston, Red, White & Royal Blue

“Only a silly person would try to start a good work with a bad tool.”
― Stephen King, Misery

“Because you’re it, okay? I’m never gonna love anybody in the world like I love you.”
― Casey McQuiston, Red, White & Royal Blue

“Lies pile up.
And then they bury you.”
― Katie Alender, The Companion

“A watched pot never boils,”
― Ann M. Martin, Rain Reign

“Rain and I have routines. We like routines.”
― Ann M. Martin, Rain Reign

“To get what you wanted in life, you must inspire trust - even if you intended to break it.”
― Joelle Charbonneau, Time Bomb

“Once you were a winner, you had to stay the winner they expected you to be.”
― Joelle Charbonneau, Time Bomb