Some lines that stood out for me as I was reading King's
Bag of Bones:
(Read my full review of Bag of Bones
here.)
1. "Readers love continuing characters; it's like coming back to family" (37).
That's perfectly true, unless it's that one Auntie that you absolutely cannot stand.
2. "...they're pouring out of me like shit out of a cow's ass" (40).
Eloquent, Noonan. Maybe try your hand at poetry instead of fiction?
3. "VC Andrews with a prick" (45).
Are we talking original VC, or ghost writer VC?
4. "According to gloomy old Dennison Carville, the aspiring novelist should understand from the outset that fiction's goals were forever beyond his reach, that the job was an exercise in futility. 'Compared to the dullest human being actually walking about on the face of the earth and casting his shadow here,' Hardy supposedly said, 'the most brilliantly drawn character in a novel is but a bag of bones.' (45).
Really King, then what are both you and Noonan playing at? Being writers. *scoff* You're doomed to failure according to good 'ole Carville here. Best find a new day job.
5. "I am a man who has trained his mind to misbehave and I can imagine too many things..." (54).
I know how you feel, buddy. My mind doesn't behave either. Won't shut up or settle down. Time-outs don't seem to have any effect either. It simply does as it pleases.
6. "This is how we go on: one day at a time, one meal at a time, one pain at a time, one breath at a time" (361).
All
I really need is the one meal bit.
7. "I felt lonely and content at the same time. I believe that is a rare kind of happiness" (366).
Okay, Noonan. Whatever floats your boat.
What do you think? Have favorite lines of your own? Share them in the comments!
