Take the dead from the dead, the old proverb said; only a corpse may speak true prophecy. - Stephen King

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A hundred thousand men were led By one calf near three centuries dead; They followed still his crooked way And lost a hundred years a day; For thus such reverence is lent To well established precedent.

Stephen King

Take the dead from the dead, the old proverb said; only a corpse may speak true prophecy.

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Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.

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What Darwin was too polite to say, my friends, is that we came to rule the earth not because we were the smartest, or even the meanest, but because we have always been the craziest, most murderous motherfuckers in the jungle.

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Come to a book as you would come to an unexplored land. Come without a map. Explore it, and draw your own map. . . . A book is like a pump. It gives nothing unless first you give to it.

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The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool.

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The place where you made your stand never mattered. Only that you were there. . . and still on your feet.

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Someone once inquired of a Far Eastern Zen master, who had a great serenity and peace about him no matter what pressures he faced, "How do you maintain that serenity and peace?" He replied, "I never leave my place of meditation. " He meditated early in the morning and for the rest of the day, he carried the peace of those moments with him in his mind and heart.

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I'm from Jerz, the home of: "I could've swore I parked my car right here!"

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