Dark Tower Quotes

• The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.

  Stephen King

  Men, Black, Desert

  Stephen King, Peter David, Robin Furth (2013). “Dark Tower: The Gunslinger - The Man In Black”, p.137, Marvel Entertainment

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• I do not kill with my gun; He who kills with his gun has forgotten the face of his father. I kill with my heart.

  Stephen King

  Father, Heart, Gun

  Robin Furth, Stephen King (2006). “Stephen King's The Dark Tower: The Complete Concordance”, p.559, Simon and Schuster

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• May you find your Tower, Roland, and breach it, and may you climb to the top!

  Stephen King

  Towers, May, Gunslinger

  Stephen King, Michael Whelan (2004). “The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower”, p.147, Simon and Schuster

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• The scariest, most terrifying thing that I fear? Yes. My Imagination. I thought you were going to say "Fear, itself." Then you have a small imagination.

  Stephen King

  Imagination, Gunslinger, Dark Tower Series

  "The Dark Tower. Wizard and Glass". Book by Stephen King, Vol. IV, 1997.

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• There will be water if God wills it.

  Stephen King

  Water, Gunslinger, Ifs

  Stephen King (2016). “Different Seasons: Four Novellas”, p.229, Simon and Schuster

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• What if I fall?', Tim cried. Maerlyn laughed. 'Sooner or later, we all do.

  Stephen King

  Fall, What If, Sooner Or Later

  Stephen King (2012). “The Wind Through the Keyhole: A Dark Tower Novel”, p.255, Simon and Schuster

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• As for the end of the universe…I say let it come as it will, in ice, fire, or darkness. What did the universe ever do for me that I should mind its welfare?

  Stephen King

  Fire, Ice, Darkness

  Stephen King, Michael Whelan (2004). “The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower”, p.179, Simon and Schuster

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• I do not aim with my hand; he who aims with his hand has forgotten the face of his father. I aim with my eye. I do not shoot with my hand; he who shoots with his hand has forgotten the face of his father. I shoot with my mind. I do not kill with my gun; he who kills with his gun has forgotten the face of his father. I kill with my heart.

  Stephen King

  Father, Heart, Eye

  Stephen King (2006). “The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla”, p.152, Hachette UK

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• [I am more than happy to invite my five favorite fictional characters.]Roland Deschain from Stephen King's Dark Tower series. There's a whole world about Roland left to know. I've got questions. He'd have answers. So pour him a glass of wine.

  Megan Chance

  Kings, Wine, Character

  Source: www.omnivoracious.com

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• They were close to the end of the beginning . . .

  Stephen King

  Ends, Gunslinger, Deschain

  Stephen King (2016). “The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger”, p.180, Simon and Schuster

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• Go then, there are other worlds than these.

  Stephen King

  Halloween, Other Worlds, Gunslinger

  Stephen King (2016). “The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands”, p.112, Simon and Schuster

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• In the end, the wind takes everything, doesn't it? And why not? Why other? If the sweetness of our lives did not depart, there would be no sweetness at all.

  Stephen King

  Wind, Would Be, Why Not

  Stephen King (2012). “The Wind Through the Keyhole: A Dark Tower Novel”, p.300, Simon and Schuster

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• They had discovered one could grow as hungry for light as for food.

  Stephen King

  Light, Hungry, Gunslinger

  Stephen King (2016). “The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger”, p.163, Simon and Schuster

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• the man in black travels with your soul in his pocket.

  Stephen King

  Halloween, Men, Soul

  Stephen King (2016). “The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger”, p.108, Simon and Schuster

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• Fools are the only folk on the earth who can absolutely count on getting what they deserve.

  Stephen King

  Earth, Fool, Folks

  Stephen King (2016). “The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass”, p.209, Simon and Schuster

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• Battles that last five minutes spawn legends that live a thousand years.

  Stephen King

  Years, Battle, Legends

  Stephen King, Michael Whelan (2004). “The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower”, p.5, Simon and Schuster

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• I have no opinion. No, none at all. Opinion is politics, and politics is an evil which has caused many a fellow to be hung while he's still young and pretty.

  Stephen King

  Evil, Opinion, Young

  Stephen King (2003). “Wizard and Glass”, Viking Press

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• Fault always lies in the same place: with him weak enough to lay blame.

  Stephen King

  Philosophy, Lying, Faults

  Robin Furth, Stephen King (2006). “Stephen King's The Dark Tower: The Complete Concordance”, p.478, Simon and Schuster

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• Only enemies speak the truth; friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty.

  Stephen King

  Love, Friendship, Fake People

  "The Gunslinger". Book by Stephen King, 1982.

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• A man who can't bear to share his habits is a man who needs to quit them.

  Stephen King

  Men, Needs, Bears

  Stephen King, Michael Whelan (2004). “The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower”, p.310, Simon and Schuster

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• The quickest way to learn about a new place is to know what it dreams of.

  Stephen King

  Dream, Way, Knows

  Stephen King (2016). “The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands”, p.86, Simon and Schuster

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• The universe (he said) offers a paradox too great for the finite mind to grasp. As the living brain cannot conceive of a nonliving brain — although it may think it can — the finite mind cannot grasp the infinite.

  Stephen King

  Thinking, Brain, Mind

  Stephen King (2016). “The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger”, p.214, Simon and Schuster

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• There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tower high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Faith, Stars, Heart

  J. R. R. Tolkien (1980). “The Lord of the Rings: The return of the King”

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• Control the things you can control .

  Samantha Stosur

  Tennis, Things You Can Control, Mentally Strong

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• It's the world's smallest violin, playing 'My Heart Pumps Purple Piss for You.'

  Eddie Dean

  Heart, Purple, World

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