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R.K. King Quotes: "You learned to accept, or you ended up in a small room writing letters home with Crayolas."

You learned to accept, or you ended up in a small room writing letters home with Crayolas.



R.K. King Quotes: "Violence is not only impractical but immoral."

Violence is not only impractical but immoral.




R.K. King Quotes: "Such an ego simply forbade certain lines of thought."

Such an ego simply forbade certain lines of thought.



R.K. King Quotes: "Teaching school is like having jumper cables hooked to your brain, draining all the juice out of you."

Teaching school is like having jumper cables hooked to your brain, draining all the juice out of you.




R.K. King Quotes: "The old sleep poorly. Perhaps they stand watch."

The old sleep poorly. Perhaps they stand watch.



R.K. King Quotes: "Mrs. Cole was a perfect democrat. She hated all kids equally."

Mrs. Cole was a perfect democrat. She hated all kids equally.



R.K. King Quotes: "Animals don't know as much about jealousy as people, but they're not ignorant of it, either."

Animals don't know as much about jealousy as people, but they're not ignorant of it, either.




R.K. King Quotes: "The object of fiction isn't grammatical correctness but to make the reader welcome and then tell a story.... Writing is seduction. Good talk is part of seduction."

The object of fiction isn't grammatical correctness but to make the reader welcome and then tell a story.... Writing is seduction. Good talk is part of seduction.



R.K. King Quotes: "It didn´t occur to me until later that there´s another truth, very simple: greed in a good cause is still greed."

It didn´t occur to me until later that there´s another truth, very simple: greed in a good cause is still greed.



R.K. King Quotes: "So what, ghosts can't hurt you. That's what I thought then."

So what, ghosts can't hurt you. That's what I thought then.



R.K. King Quotes: "One of life's great truths is this: when one is about to be struck by a speeding six-hundred pound Coke machine, one need worry about little else."

One of life's great truths is this: when one is about to be struck by a speeding six-hundred pound Coke machine, one need worry about little else.



R.K. King Quotes: "And this wasn’t lying, not really. It was leaving out."

And this wasn’t lying, not really. It was leaving out.




R.K. King Quotes: "In the years since, I've discovered there's a lot to be said for boredom."

In the years since, I've discovered there's a lot to be said for boredom.



R.K. King Quotes: "Anyone who thinks impressions of old movie actors is funny absolutely cannot be trusted. I think it's like a law of nature."

Anyone who thinks impressions of old movie actors is funny absolutely cannot be trusted. I think it's like a law of nature.



R.K. King Quotes: "Never give a good politician time to pray."

Never give a good politician time to pray.



R.K. King Quotes: "Every book you pick up has its own lesson or lessons, and quite often the bad books have more to teach than the good ones."

Every book you pick up has its own lesson or lessons, and quite often the bad books have more to teach than the good ones.



R.K. King Quotes: "Americans are apocalyptic by nature. The reason why is that we've always had so much, so we live in deadly fear that people are going to take it away from us."

Americans are apocalyptic by nature. The reason why is that we've always had so much, so we live in deadly fear that people are going to take it away from us.



R.K. King Quotes: "Wherever you write is supposed to be a little bit of a refuge, a place where you can get away from the world. The more closed in you are, the more you're forced back on your own imagination."

Wherever you write is supposed to be a little bit of a refuge, a place where you can get away from the world. The more closed in you are, the more you're forced back on your own imagination.



R.K. King Quotes: "Oppressed people cannot remain oppressed forever. The yearning for freedom eventually manifests itself."

Oppressed people cannot remain oppressed forever. The yearning for freedom eventually manifests itself.



R.K. King Quotes: "I was also built from delusional optimism and folly."

I was also built from delusional optimism and folly.



R.K. King Quotes: "By that which you kill are you bound."

By that which you kill are you bound.



R.K. King Quotes: "Insults sting but a little when they stem from a man's ignorance."

Insults sting but a little when they stem from a man's ignorance.



R.K. King Quotes: "Then hope unlooked-for came so suddenly to Eomer's heart, and with it the bite of care and fear renewed, that he said no more, but turned and went swiftly from the hall."

Then hope unlooked-for came so suddenly to Eomer's heart, and with it the bite of care and fear renewed, that he said no more, but turned and went swiftly from the hall.



R.K. King Quotes: "When shall I be dead and rid Of all the wrong my father did? How long, how long 'till spade and hearse Put to sleep my mother's curse?"

When shall I be dead and rid Of all the wrong my father did? How long, how long 'till spade and hearse Put to sleep my mother's curse?



R.K. King Quotes: "There comes a stage at which a man would rather die cleanly by a bullet than by the unknown terror of the phantom in the forest."

There comes a stage at which a man would rather die cleanly by a bullet than by the unknown terror of the phantom in the forest.



R.K. King Quotes: "I was no longer troubled when he pulled out a machete in a crowded bar, tried to pick up schoolgirls, or threatened to scalp us, then rip off our heads and scoop out our brains."

I was no longer troubled when he pulled out a machete in a crowded bar, tried to pick up schoolgirls, or threatened to scalp us, then rip off our heads and scoop out our brains.



R.K. King Quotes: "Previous journeys in search of treasure have taught me that a zigzag strategy is the best way to get ahead."

Previous journeys in search of treasure have taught me that a zigzag strategy is the best way to get ahead.



R.K. King Quotes: "education is one thing and instruction, however worthy, necessary and incidentally or monetarily educative, another."

education is one thing and instruction, however worthy, necessary and incidentally or monetarily educative, another.



R.K. King Quotes: "The inertia of a jungle village is a dangerous thing. Before you know it your whole life has slipped by and you are still waiting there."

The inertia of a jungle village is a dangerous thing. Before you know it your whole life has slipped by and you are still waiting there.



R.K. King Quotes: "That's what tears are for, you know, to wash away the fear and cool the hate."

That's what tears are for, you know, to wash away the fear and cool the hate.



R.K. King Quotes: "The rain of Madre de Dios is similar to that of the Amazon, but there is a petrifying aspect to it, as if it seeks to wound rather than to nurture."

The rain of Madre de Dios is similar to that of the Amazon, but there is a petrifying aspect to it, as if it seeks to wound rather than to nurture.



R.K. King Quotes: "The bards sing of love, they celebrate slaughter, they extol kings and flatter queens, but were I a poet I would write in praise of friendship."

The bards sing of love, they celebrate slaughter, they extol kings and flatter queens, but were I a poet I would write in praise of friendship.



R.K. King Quotes: "There is something brittle in me that will break before it bends. Perhaps if the [the enemy] had brought a smaller army I might have had the sense to run. But he overdid it."

There is something brittle in me that will break before it bends. Perhaps if the [the enemy] had brought a smaller army I might have had the sense to run. But he overdid it.



R.K. King Quotes: "Angry men with pointy things sent to secure a foreign city are pretty much alike anywhere. That's what I've heard. So far nothing's convinced me different."

Angry men with pointy things sent to secure a foreign city are pretty much alike anywhere. That's what I've heard. So far nothing's convinced me different.



R.K. King Quotes: "It has to be admitted that starving nations never seem to be quite so starving that they cannot afford to have far more expensive armaments than anybody else."

It has to be admitted that starving nations never seem to be quite so starving that they cannot afford to have far more expensive armaments than anybody else.



R.K. King Quotes: "These people make my family look easy to get along with."

These people make my family look easy to get along with.



R.K. King Quotes: "Being a hero, the man had observed, is largely a matter of knowing one’s cues."

Being a hero, the man had observed, is largely a matter of knowing one’s cues.



R.K. King Quotes: "There is no sound more annoying than the chatter of a child, and none more sad than the silence they leave when they are gone."

There is no sound more annoying than the chatter of a child, and none more sad than the silence they leave when they are gone.



R.K. King Quotes: "It is so fatally easy to make young children believe that they are horrible."

It is so fatally easy to make young children believe that they are horrible.



R.K. King Quotes: "I can feel the power of the words doing the work. Must trust language more."

I can feel the power of the words doing the work. Must trust language more.



R.K. King Quotes: "If we truly trust no one, we cannot survive."

If we truly trust no one, we cannot survive.



R.K. King Quotes: "On a hard jungle journey nothing is so important as having a team you can trust."

On a hard jungle journey nothing is so important as having a team you can trust.



R.K. King Quotes: "Usually, there is nothing more pleasing that returning to a place where you have endured hardship."

Usually, there is nothing more pleasing that returning to a place where you have endured hardship.



R.K. King Quotes: "On a harsh expedition, there's no space for anyone who does not intend to finish."

On a harsh expedition, there's no space for anyone who does not intend to finish.



R.K. King Quotes: "In moments of great uncertainty on my travels, I have always felt that something is protecting me, that I will come to no harm."

In moments of great uncertainty on my travels, I have always felt that something is protecting me, that I will come to no harm.



R.K. King Quotes: "There's nothing like a pack of mules to give one a sense of entourage."

There's nothing like a pack of mules to give one a sense of entourage.



R.K. King Quotes: "Though the funny thing about never being asked for anything is that after a while you start to feel like maybe you don’t have anything worth giving."

Though the funny thing about never being asked for anything is that after a while you start to feel like maybe you don’t have anything worth giving.



R.K. King Quotes: "Searching for a lost city is a particularly European obsession."

Searching for a lost city is a particularly European obsession.



R.K. King Quotes: "What you may seek and what you may find are not always one."

What you may seek and what you may find are not always one.