"I have a real problem with bloat- I write like a fat lady diets." Stephen King, Introduction, p. 22

"I am going to leave these pages on the counter and perhaps someday someone will find them and read them. One word. If I only really heard it. If only. I'm going to bed now. But first I'm going to kiss my son and whisper two words in his ear. Against the dreams that may come, you know. Two words that sound a bit alike. One of them is Hartford. The other is hope." David Drayton, The Mist, pp. 153-154

"Very well, Charles. You may go to the bathroom and urinate. Is that what you need to do? Urinate?" Miss Bird, Here There Be Tygers, p. 156

"Save enough miles and soon enough you'll save time." Ophelia Todd, Mrs. Todd's Shortcut, p. 212

"He say- He say to tell you your sister...