As Coisas que eu leio, Parte VI

"My name is Michael Anderson, and I'm not what you'd call a Rhodes scholar. I don't have much in the way of philosophy, either, but I know one thing: in this world, you have to pay as you go. Usually a lot. Sometimes all you have."

In Stephen King's Storm of the Century

As Coisas que eu Leio, Parte V

"In this universe there might grow roses which sing. Everithing leads to everything, he would tell them if he could. Go to your church and listen to your stories about Jesus walking on the water, but if I saw a guy doing that I'd scream and scream and scream. Because it wouldn't look like a miracle to me."

in Stephen King's It

As Coisas que eu Leio IV

"'Not at all,' Steeter said, surprised by the idea. 'I love Janet very much, and she loves me. The way she's stood by me during this cancer thing has been just extraordinary. If there's such a thing as harmony in the universe, then Tom and I ended up with the right partners. Absolutely. But...'
'But?' Elvid looked at him with delighted eagerness.
Steeter became aware that his fingernails were sinking into his palms. Instead of easing up, he bore down hardar. Bore down until he felt trickles of blood. 'But he fucking stole her!' This had been eating him for years, and it felt good to shout the news.
'Indeed he did, and we never cease wanting what we want whether it's good for us or not, wouldn't you say so Mr Streeter?'"

in Fair Extension, by Stephen King

 

As Coisas que eu Leio, Parte III

"They say suicides and murderers go to Hell. If so, I will know my way around, because I've been there for the last eight years."

in Stephen King's 1922

As coisas que eu leio, Parte II

"(...)'No one can ever know what we did!'
'No one ever will' I said, sounding far bolder than I felt. Things had already gone wrong, and I was starting to realize that a deed is never like the dream of a deed.
'She won't come back, will she?'
'What?'
'She won't haunt us, will she?' Only he said haint, the kind of coutry talk that had always made Arlette shake her head and roll her eyes. It is only now, eight years later, that I had come to realize how much haint sounds like hate.
'No,' I said.
But I was wrong.

In Stephen King's 1922 

 

As coisas que eu leio, Parte I

"(...) 'Now what is it you want?' I asked after drawing this picture in as much detail as I could manage.
'To stay here with you, Poppa,' he said. Tears were streaming down his cheeks. 'Why does she have to be such a... such a...'
'Go on,' I said. 'The truth is never cursing, Son.'
'Such a bitch!'
'Because most women are,' I said. 'It's an ineradicable part of their natures. The question is what we're going to do about it'"

In Stephen King's 1922