Eric Brown > Eric's Quotes

“A broken spoon may become a fork.”
― Stephen King, Everything's Eventual

“If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.”
― Stephen King

“Books are a uniquely portable magic.”
― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

“Keys turn both ways. You can lock something away... But you can also throw a bolt and set something free.”
― Joe Hill, Locke & Key, Vol. 6: Alpha & Omega

“No you can't understand because you are reading the last chapter of something with out having read the first chapters. Young people always think they are coming into a story at the beginning when they are usually coming in at the end.”
― Joe Hill, Locke & Key

“Love is the most pernicious drug of all. Let the romantics debate its existence. Pragmatists accept it and use it.”
― Stephen King, Night Shift

“As we become aware of our own unavoidable termination, we become aware of the fear-emotion. And I think that, as copulation tends towards self-preservation, all fear tends towards a comprehension of the final ending.”
― Stephen King, Night Shift

“No. You can’t understand. Because you’re reading the last chapter of something without having read the first chapter. You’re a little guy, Bode. Kids always think they’re coming into a story at the beginning, when they’re usually coming in at the end.”
― Joe Hill, Welcome to Lovecraft

“Books make great gifts because they have whole worlds inside of them. And it's much cheaper to buy somebody a book than it is to buy them the whole world!”
― Neil Gaiman

“Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban