It was strange how some of childhood’s words and ways fell at the wayside and were left behind, while others clamped tight and rode for life, growing the heavier to carry as time passed.

Stephen King. “The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger”. (via fuckyeah-unclesteve)

I want to write about people I love, and put them into a fictional world spun out of my own mind, not the world we actually have, because the world we actually have does not meet my standards.

Phillip K. Dick (via withnailrules)