They were close to the end of the beginning . . .

The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.

Once again there was the desert, and that only.

Go then, there are other worlds than these.

Do any men grow up or do they only come of age?

the man in black travels with your soul in his pocket.

Any thoughts of guilt, any feelings of regret, had faded. The desert had baked them out.

Time's the thief of memory

The greatest mystery the universe offers is not life but Size.

Shall there be truth between us, as two men? Not as friends, but as enemies and equals?

They had discovered one could grow as hungry for light as for food.

That's how it is with art. Mere humans who root through their refrigerators at three o'clock in the morning are incapable of such writing.

If your goal isn't scary and exciting, then it's not a big enough goal for you.

I don't know if I'd want to do that anymore, because you always get bigger laughs on college campuses. So, when the film plays in front of a city audience, you've probably cut too loosely.

Religion must remain an outlet for people who say to themselves, "I am not the kind of person I want to be." It must never sink into an assemblage of the self-satisfied.

He is a gentleman; I am a gentleman's daughter; so far we are equal.

The little bit of truth contained in many a lie is what makes them so terrible.

Tabasco sauce is to bachelor cooking what forgiveness is to sin.

I think you can be cynical about religion on occasion, and certainly skeptical about the degree to which some people use religion to manipulate other people.

I'll follow him to the ends of the earth,' she sobbed. Yes, darling. But the earth doesn't have any ends. Columbus fixed that.

As of 2002, two million Latino adults had been diagnosed with diabetes.