What are your favorite quotes from the series?
"Go then, there are other worlds than this."
"Blain the Train is a pain (Choo-Choo)."
"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 don't know if you're aware of this but I've already changed things. I killed Ben Linus.
--Sayid
A new topic! Well, this is refreshing. :) Off the top of my head, one of them has to be:
"Kill if you will, but command me nothing!"
I think that might've been the first time we see Roland truly fed up and angry lol. Such fearlessness and nobility in that one sentence.
Ugh. Thanks for pointing out to me just how badly I need to read these books again! I thought this would be easy, got to thinking and... the crickets chirped loudly. These aren't my favorites, but these are ones that I can remember off the top of my head:
"Beware the Dandelo."
"If it's so pure why does it have a crack in it?"
"I love thee, Roland!"
and okay, one favorite
"Thank you for my second chance. Thank you... Father."
I like "Mmmm, that's a good pizza!" Except the pizza had been crossed off and replaced with another word.
Roland upon pressing the attack against the Calla Wolves:
"Now, gunslingers! Now you Sisters of Oriza! Now, now! Kill them! No quarter! Kill them all!"
I don't know if you're aware of this but I've already changed things. I killed Ben Linus.
--Sayid
it seemed that they cared better for the weapons they
wore than for the weapons they were - Roland Deschain, The Drawing of the Three.
You get all the good lines, what with your books and margin notes and GOD, I really need to hit this series SO hardy but I know they're in storage somewhere in the deepest recesses of my garage... Looks like I kind some boxes to unpack!
shareYou get all the good lines, what with your books and margin notes and GOD, I really need to hit this series SO hardy but I know they're in storage somewhere in the deepest recesses of my garage... Looks like I kind some boxes to unpack!
I wonder if our arachnid friend has any favorite quotes he'd like to share...?
I don't know if you're aware of this but I've already changed things. I killed Ben Linus.
--Sayid
Oh, that's a good query!
Spidey! Without attempts at provocation or insults, please weigh in. As a reputed fan of the novels (and a well understood hater of the movie), can you toss out a few of your favorite lines? This is a fun strand and a safe place.
He does not discuss the books beyond "Roland is white".
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It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing .
Not a quote but I came across this lovely bit, when Roland is attacked by the people of Tull.
A small boy squirmed at him [Roland] with a knife and made the only deep cut, across the bulge of his calf. The Gunslinger blew his head off.
King knows just how to sneak in those unlikely...or seemingly unlikely...occurrences, huh?
(After all, who would suspect that one of the biggest threats to him ended up being a boy? A hearty man seems a far likelier candidate.)
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It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing .
I'd consider that a quote. Not just a character's words but a passage can be a quote as well. Nice gem.
I don't know if you're aware of this but I've already changed things. I killed Ben Linus.
--Sayid
"You've been through my stuff. I bent over and let one of you stick the world's longest finger up my ass. If a prostate check is an exam, that was a motherfúcking safari. I was scared to look down. I thought I'd see that guy's fingernail sticking out of my cock."
- The always genius Eddie Dean
Fault always lies in the same place. With him weak enough to lay blame.
- Cort
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence - Carl Sagan
lmao! I wasn't going to quote, but i think i will now.
The palm of his hand was a dull red. Not a good sign.
I jerk off left-handed, he thought, at least that’s something
i had to re-read this a couple of times as it's so not Roland. I don't think i've ever read him like this throughout the rest of the books. Very much more Eddie than Roland...
Also a goodie! Is that in "The Gunslinger" or the beginning of "The Drawing of the Three"?
I find that even Roland's language changed considerably in Drawing, all the "do ya ken" stuff he threw around in Jake's company is pretty much gone with Eddie. And he's much more talkative too, despite being near death.
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence - Carl Sagan
I think my favorite passage was from Wizard and Glass when Roland sees Thunderclap and has his first vision of the Tower. Also up there is Susan Delgado's death.
And:
"After all these years. After all these centuries. Finally in my sights."
Roland let me die. That is the truth.
I still love him.
That is the truth.
-Jake Chamber's 'My Understanding of Truth'
"Mother Father, Chinese Dentist!"