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Roland Deschain Quotes
18 of the best book quotes from Roland Deschain
01
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“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
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″ 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
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“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
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“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
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“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
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“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
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“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
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“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
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“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
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“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
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They were close to the end of the beginning.
Stephen King
author
The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger
book
Roland Deschain
character
endings
concept
12
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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
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“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
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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
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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
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“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
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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
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″ 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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facing death
quest
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salvation
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nature
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feeling helpless
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