A great sentence

[Matt4444]

Of all the King books you have read is there one sentence that sticks in your mind, pops out even when its been said hundreds of times before?
Mines just from memory, without checking so it may not be correct but on days when the sun is warm and casts beautiful light this sentence pops out "as I drove up over the hill a bonfire of colours lay ahead". If I was to guess I think its from Dr Sleep.

 

[Gerald]

Usually the first sentence of a novel. Apart from that it's certain scenes or moments I remember rather than the exact sentences.

Here he talks about opening sentences:

Why Stephen King Spends 'Months and Even Years' Writing Opening Sentences - The Atlantic

 

[GNTLGNT]

...sure is.....
..."The Man in Black fled across the desert, and the Gunslinger followed".....

 

[Matt4444]

Yeah I like that one too, you know from that line its going to be a long journey

 

[prufrock21]

No doubt the first sentence of The Dark Tower 1. Also this one: The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dogs.

 

[not_nadine]

~officious little prick~ Jack thought

Kept me reading 'The Shining'.

 

[skimom2]

"Nothing wrong here." Cujo

"The town knew darkness." 'Salem's Lot

"(He) says he doesn't believe God." "It don't matter. He believes in you." The Stand

"It's a cash and carry world. Sometimes you pay a little. Mostly it's a lot. Sometimes, it's everything you have." Storm of the Century

"It's a cockadoodie cheat!" Misery

 

[Gerald]

The catchphrases I remember often. But that's also the repetition of course.
'Fun is fun and done is done' I remember the strongest for whatever reason.

And stuff about 'M-O-O-N', faces of fathers, and long days and pleasant nights.

 

[Matt4444]

Great answers to the sentence, oh and every little mouse out there will always be called Mr Jingles !

 

[not_nadine]

Picked up the closest book next to me.

First line reads:

'IT WAS HER THIRD time with live ammunition.. and her first time on the draw from the holster that Roland had rigged for her.'

~The Wastelands, by you know who.

 

[Neesy]

Of all the King books you have read is there one sentence that sticks in your mind, pops out even when its been said hundreds of times before?
Mines just from memory, without checking so it may not be correct but on days when the sun is warm and casts beautiful light this sentence pops out "as I drove up over the hill a bonfire of colours lay ahead". If I was to guess I think its from Dr Sleep.

Usually the first sentence of a novel. Apart from that it's certain scenes or moments I remember rather than the exact sentences.

Here he talks about opening sentences:

Why Stephen King Spends 'Months and Even Years' Writing Opening Sentences - The Atlantic

Not the greatest sentence actually, but it kind of grabs your attention:

umber whunnnn
yerrnnn umber whunnnn
fayunnnn

These sounds: even in the haze.

This is the first 'chapter' in Misery, technically.

 

[Arcadevere]

For new and latests Mr. K's book, one of my memorable sentence was :

"Mr. Mercedes is a sh*tbag, but a bright book-reading sh*tbag"


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