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Roland Deschain Quotes
18 of the best book quotes from Roland Deschain
01
“No man sees all ... but ... you’ll see more ... than some men see in a lifetime. ”
Stephen King
author
The Dark Tower
ᐧ
The Drawing of the Three
books
Roland Deschain
ᐧ
Cortland Andrus
characters
supernatural
ᐧ
instructions
ᐧ
training
concepts
02
″ If dying was required, he intended to die as Roland ... crawling toward the Tower. ”
Stephen King
author
The Dark Tower
ᐧ
The Drawing of the Three
books
Narrator
ᐧ
Roland Deschain
characters
supernatural
ᐧ
facing death
ᐧ
quest
concepts
03
“This is your promise ... things may be different ... there may yet be rest. Even salvation. ”
Stephen King
author
The Dark Tower
book
Roland Deschain
ᐧ
Gan
characters
promises
ᐧ
salvation
ᐧ
quest
concepts
04
“May you find your Tower ... and breach it, and may you climb to the top!”
Stephen King
author
The Dark Tower
book
Roland Deschain
ᐧ
Father Donald Callahan
characters
sacrifice
ᐧ
loyalty
ᐧ
blessings
ᐧ
vampires
ᐧ
rescues
concepts
05
“The man in black travels with your soul in his pocket.”
Stephen King
author
The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger
ᐧ
The Dark Tower
books
Roland Deschain
ᐧ
Walter Padick
characters
soul
ᐧ
good vs evil
ᐧ
quest
ᐧ
head hunting
concepts
06
“Some tale-tellers say the Beams saved it; others say they are the seeds of the world’s destruction. ”
Stephen King
author
The Dark Tower
ᐧ
The Waste Lands
books
Roland Deschain
character
nature
ᐧ
destruction
ᐧ
world
ᐧ
technology
ᐧ
quest
concepts
07
“Was there ever a trap to match the trap of love?”
Stephen King
author
The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger
ᐧ
The Dark Tower
books
Roland Deschain
ᐧ
Jake Chambers
characters
love
ᐧ
quest
ᐧ
entrapment
ᐧ
trap of love
concepts
08
“Ka comes to me ... I translate it ... I am not ka ... I hate it! ”
Stephen King
author
God
person
The Dark Tower
book
Roland Deschain
ᐧ
Edward Dean
characters
hate
ᐧ
crisis
ᐧ
quest
concepts
09
“Don’t say ka, Roland. If you say ka one more time ... my head’ll explode. ”
Stephen King
author
The Dark Tower
ᐧ
Song of Susannah
books
Roland Deschain
ᐧ
Edward Dean
characters
faith
ᐧ
emotions
ᐧ
frustration
ᐧ
feeling helpless
concepts
10
“There are forces at work ... not all ... are working to keep us away from the Tower. ”
Stephen King
author
The Dark Tower
ᐧ
Wizard and Glass
books
Roland Deschain
ᐧ
Edward Dean
characters
supernatural
ᐧ
attacking
ᐧ
turned against
ᐧ
working
concepts
11
They were close to the end of the beginning.
Stephen King
author
The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger
book
Roland Deschain
character
endings
concept
12
I do not aim with my hand; he who aims with his hand has forgotten the face of his father. I aim with my eye.
Stephen King
author
The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger
book
Roland Deschain
character
eyes
ᐧ
aiming a gun
concepts
13
“It’s ... a job that needs to be done ... wrong cannot be allowed to stand. ”
Stephen King
author
The Dark Tower
ᐧ
The Wind Through the Keyhole
books
Roland Deschain
ᐧ
Steven Deschain
characters
evil
ᐧ
supernatural
ᐧ
triumph vs defeat
ᐧ
quest
concepts
14
First comes smiles, then lies. Last is gunfire.
Stephen King
author
The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger
book
Roland Deschain
character
lies
ᐧ
shooting guns
ᐧ
Smiles
ᐧ
gunfire
concepts
15
I do not kill with my gun; he who kills with his gun has forgotten the face of his father. I kill with my heart.
Stephen King
author
The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger
book
Roland Deschain
character
shooting guns
ᐧ
killing
concepts
16
“The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.”
Stephen King
author
The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger
ᐧ
The Dark Tower
books
Roland Deschain
ᐧ
Walter Padick
characters
deserts
ᐧ
quest
ᐧ
following
concepts
17
I do not shoot with my hand; he who shoots with his hand has forgotten the face of his father. I shoot with my mind.
Stephen King
author
The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger
book
Roland Deschain
character
shooting guns
concept
18
″ Balls to your sorry ... Ka works and the world moves on. ”
Stephen King
author
The Dark Tower
ᐧ
Wolves of the Calla
books
Roland Deschain
character
fate
ᐧ
betrayal
ᐧ
sympathy
ᐧ
keep going
concepts
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Steven Deschain
supernatural
instructions
training
facing death
quest
promises
salvation
sacrifice
loyalty
blessings
vampires
rescues
soul
good vs evil
head hunting
nature
destruction
world
technology
love
entrapment
trap of love
hate
crisis
faith
emotions
frustration
feeling helpless
attacking
turned against
working
endings
eyes
aiming a gun
evil
triumph vs defeat
lies
shooting guns
Smiles
gunfire
killing
deserts
following
fate
betrayal
sympathy
keep going
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