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Carrie QUOTES

Carrie QUOTES

1 " the late afternoon sunlight, warm as oil, sweet as childhood ... "

― Stephen King , Carrie

2 " People don't get better, they just get smarter. When you get smarter you don't stop pulling the wings off flies, you just think of better reasons for doing it. "

― Stephen King , Carrie

3 " She knew with suddeness and ease that this moment would be with her always, within hand's reach of memory.

She doubted if they all sensed it - they had seen the world - but even George was silent for a minute as they looked, and the scene, the smell, even the sound of the band playing a faintly recognisable movie theme, was locked forever in her, and she was at peace. "

― Stephen King , Carrie

4 " They were still all beautiful and there was still enchantment and wonder, but she had crossed a line and now the fairy tale was green with corruption and evil. "

― Stephen King , Carrie

5 " What none of them knew, of course, was that Carrie White was telekinetic. "

― Stephen King , Carrie

6 " True sorrow is as rare as true love. "

― Stephen King , Carrie

7 " Sorry is the Kool-Aid of human emotions. It’s what you say when you spill a cup of coffee or throw a gutter ball when you’re bowling with the girls in the league. True sorrow is as rare as true love. "

― Stephen King , Carrie

8 " And then the world exploded. "

― Stephen King , Carrie

9 " They had become a fixed star in the shifting firmament of the high school's relationships, the acknowledged Romeo and Juliet. And she knew with sudden hatefulness that there was one couple like them in every white suburban high school in America. "

― Stephen King , Carrie

10 " She did not know if her gift came from the lord of light or of darkness, and now, finally finding that she didn't care which, she wad overcome with almost indescribable relief, as if a huge weight, long carried, had slipped from her shoulders. "

― Stephen King , Carrie

11 " But hardly anybody ever finds out that their actions really, actually, hurt other people! People don’t get better, they just get smarter. When you get smarter you don’t stop pulling the wings off flies, you just think of better reasons for doing it. "

― Stephen King , Carrie

12 " Sorry is the Kool-Aid of human emotions. It's what you say when you spill a cup of coffee or throw a gutter ball when you're bowling with the girls in the league. True sorrow is as rare as true love. "

― Stephen King , Carrie

13 " Thomas Ross appears to have been something of a rarity: a socially conscious young man. "

― Stephen King , Carrie

14 " High school isn't a very important place. When you're going you think it's a big deal, but when it's over nobody really thinks it was great unless they're beered up. "

― Stephen King , Carrie

15 " But sorry is the Kool-Aid of human emotions. [...] True sorrow is as rare as true love. "

― Stephen King , Carrie

16 " Но едва ли някой въобще някога открива, че действията му истински, действително нараняват други хора ! Хората не стават по-добри, те стават просто по-умни. Когато станеш по-умен не спираш да късаш крилцата на мухите, просто си измисляш по-добра причина, за да го правиш. "

― Stephen King , Carrie

17 " - No tienes por qué estar nerviosa eres cómo
Galatea.
- ¿Quién?
- Galatea. Leímos algo sobre ella en el curso de Mr. Evers. Una chica desdichada que se convirtió en una hermosa mujer y nadie la reconoció.
Ella pensó un momento.
- Quiero que me reconozcan - Dijo finalmente,
- Te comprendo. Vamos. "

― Stephen King , Carrie

18 " At sixteen, the elusive stamp of hurt was already marked clearly in her eyes. (pg. 14) "

― Stephen King , Carrie

19 " Cogí el cuchillo nuevamente cuando tenías tres años y otra vez mi flaqueza pudo más. Y ahora el demonio ha llegado a casa. "

― Stephen King , Carrie

20 " Animals. Let them burn, then. Let the streets be filled with the smell of their sacrifice. Let this place be called racca, ichabod, wormwood.

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And power transformers atop lightpoles bloomed into nacreous purple light, spitting catherine-wheel sparks. High-tension wires fell into the streets in pick-up-sticks tangles... "

― Stephen King , Carrie