“Some birds are not meant to be caged, that’s all. Their feathers are too bright, their songs too sweet and wild. So you let them go, or when you open the cage to feed them, they somehow fly out past you. And the part of you that knows it was wrong to imprison them in the first place rejoices, but still, the place where you live is that much more drab and empty for their departure.”
"The idea that the creative endeavor and mind-altering substances are entwined is one of the great pop-intellectual myths of our time… Substance abusing writers are just substance abusers —common garden variety drunks and druggies, in other words."
- Stephen King
Awareness
"People always want a reason for the bad things in life; sometimes there ain’t one."
- Stephen King
Awareness
"When you write a book, you spend day after day scanning and identifying the trees. When you’re done, you have to step back and look at the forest."
- Stephen King
Awareness
"Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win."
- Stephen King
Awareness
"It was the possibility of darkness that made the day seem so bright."
- Stephen King
Awareness
"Love sees not with the eyes, but with the heart."
- Beauty and the Beast
Love
"The spell will be broken, the Beast will cease to exist, and I will become a prince once more, if she can learn to love and be loved in return."
- Beauty and the Beast
Love
"Love is not about finding someone perfect, but about accepting their imperfections."
- Beauty and the Beast
Love
"Love can break even the most powerful of curses."
- Beauty and the Beast
Love
"Love is not a choice, but a force that binds souls together."
- Beauty and the Beast
Love