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21 " I look at [the photos] and all I can think is, Dear God, where did she go? What did that woman do to her? Then I feel sick and sorry. She was so pretty, with pink cheeks and bright brown eyes, and her hair the shade of blonde you know will darken and get mousy. Sweet is the only word that fits. Sweet and bright and innocent. Her mother's sickness hadn't touched her very deeply, not then. "
― Stephen King , Carrie
22 " Jesus watches from the wall,But his face is cold as stone,And if he loves meAs she tells meWhy do I feel so all alone? "
23 " And suddenly it didn't seem to matter any more, nothing would matter if she could turn over, turn over and see the stars, turn over and look once and die. "
24 " The low bird is not picked tenderly out of the dust by its fellows; rather, it is dispatched quickly and without mercy. "
25 " Whenever anything happens in America, they have to gold-plate it, like baby shoes. That way you can forget it. "
26 " They were trying to run, trying to hide. But the rock would not hide them; the dead tree gave no shelter. "
27 " ...they came to see what happened to their town, to see if it was indeed lying burnt and bleeding. Many of them also came to die. "
28 " The over-all impression is one of a town that is waiting to die. It is not enough, these days, to say that Chamberlain will never be the same. It may be closer to the truth to say that Chamberlain will simply never again be. "
29 " Mind over matter in any form is a terrific drain on the body's resources. "
30 " They are surprised that he did it, though, which shows you that the male mind expects very little in the way of altruism from it's fellows. "
31 " Sorry is the KoolAid of human emotions. "
32 " The record changer clicked; another record dropped down. In the sudden, brief silence, she heard something within her turn over. Perhaps only her soul.It was nine-fifteen. "
33 " El pesar auténtico es tan escaso como el amor auténtico. "
34 " She did not know if her gift had come from the lord of light or of darkness, and now, finally finding that she did not care which, she was overcome with an almost indescribable relief, as if a huge weight, long carried, had slipped from her shoulders. "
35 " Telekinesis is the ability to move objects or to cause changes in objects by force of the mind. "
36 " In the sudden, brief silence, she heard something within her turn over. Perhaps only her soul. "
37 " And when she talks of Carrie White her face takes on an odd pinched look that is more like Lovecraft out of Arkham than Kerouac out of Southern Cal. "
38 " When you get smarter you don't stop pulling the wings off flies, you just think of better reasons for doing it. "
39 " Roses are red, violets are blue, sugar is sweet, but Carrie White eats shit. "
40 " she was still uncomfortable about her own motives and afraid to examine them too deeply, "